Facebook and Windows 8 Hackathon
Event Information
Description
Here's your opportunity to try out the new Windows 8 Platform working with Facebook. You'll get a chance to build amazing social experiences with experts from both Facebook and Microsoft on hand to answer questions, plus awesome prizes for the best hacks.
Don't speak .NET? No problem. If you're a web programmer, you'll be able to build native apps using HTML5 and JavaScript. Don't have Windows on your laptop? Microsoft will provide tools to let you run Windows 8 on your machine. We'll have sample apps and ideas to get you started, and tech sessions on Friday evening to bring you up to speed on the SDK and on Facebook's APIs.
We're excited to see what you all can build!
Event proceeds will be donated to the American Red Cross to aid in relief efforts for Hurricane Sandy.
Agenda:
5:30pm Doors open
5:45/6pm Dinner
6:15pm Talks begin
Stay tuned for talk details!
9pm Talks end
9pm-6:30pm Hack!
8am Breakfast
12pm Lunch
6pm Dinner
6:30pm Submission deadline
7pm Demos begin
Come Prepared:
Make sure you check these resources out before the hackathon:
Facebook group for team formation and questions:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/win8hack
Facebook API reference:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/apis/
Web Developers
http://www.windowsstore.com/developers/web
iOS Developers
http://www.windowsstore.com/developers/ios
Designers
http://www.windowsstore.com/designers
Get a head start by installing Windows 8 and Visual Studio before coming in:
On your Windows device: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516/
On your Mac: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/windows/apps/jj680133