Have you always dreamed of publishing an app in an app store? Take some time before the craziness of the holidays and invest in yourself! Whether an app development pro or a beginner without an idea for an application, we will help you make progress on an application and submit it to the Windows Store or Windows Phone Store.
This day of Windows Store and Windows Phone app-building includes optional training on a game development tool which is great for all ages and allows you to quickly and easily create a fun, addictive game in a day! You can also bring your own Windows Store app projects to work on, and proctors will be available to help you answer your questions.
Agenda:
Time
Activity
9-9:15am
Opening remarks
9:15-10:30am
(Optional) Demo of Construct 2 game development tool
9:30am-5pm
App development hackathon. Proctors will be available to help.
noon-1pm
Lunch
1-1:30pm
(Optional) Registering for the Windows Store
1:30-2pm
(Optional) Walkthough of submitting your app to the Windows Store
5-5:30pm
Closing remarks
We have managed to line up some fantastic sponsors and we’re excited to announce the prizes that we’re going to raffle off on Saturday. Some of the raffle items require that you publish an app to the app store on December 14. There’s no need to wait until Saturday though. Feel free to get started on your app today.
We will be serving a light breakfast and will have lunch served during the day.
What you should do today to prepare
0. If your plans have changed, and you’re not able to make it on Saturday, please update your EventBrite registration. We’ll be using this to determine how much food we need. Also, if you have any special dietary needs,
1. Sign up for DVLUP. This is required for the Windows Phone prizes.
2. Start working on your app. The goal is to submit your app on December 14. The sooner you start, the sooner you’ll be done.
Need some ideas? Browse some open APIs you could write an app against.
Need some guidance? Start with the Windows Developer Centers
And now, the swag!
Raffle Items
$200 Gift Card - courtesy of Devunleashed
$100 Gift Card - courtesy of Devunleashed
$50 Gift Card - courtesy of Devunleashed
10 Mindscape licenses - courtesy of Mindscape
3 JetBrains licenses (any .net tool JetBrains makes) - courtesy of JetBrains
1 other surprise item!
Raffle Items for devs that publish a Windows Phone app
1 Nokia Lumia 920, 925, 928, or 1020 Windows Phone (publish a Windows Phone app on December 14) - courtesy of DVLUP
1 Nokia Lumia 920, 925, 928, or 1020 Windows Phone (publish a Windows Phone app by January 7) - courtesy of DVLUP
Every dev that publishes a Windows Phone app gets
Windows Phone/Windows Store subscription for a year ($19 value) - courtesy of DVLUP
BugSense Peformance Monitoring solution for Windows Phone - courtesy of DVLUP
Infragistics NetAdvantage for Windows Phone license - courtesy of DVLUP
Telerik Rad Controls for Windows Phone - courtesy of DVLUP
Every attendee gets
AppBuilder cards - courtesy of Devunleashed
Telerik Rad Controls for Windows Phone - courtesy of Telerik
