Developers the new rock-stars in the Philippines
·Hackathon now not for the faint-hearted
·Only 9 hours to develop a mobile app
COMING at the heels of its a hit WebGeek DevCup Hackathon in August, which noticed 38 groups take part, Smart DevNet and WebGeek are about to unleash a brand new hackathon on Dec 1.
The Foursquare Hack Day Philippines (#4SQHackPH) promises to be an extreme all-day cell app hackathon that its organizers desire will give upward thrust to the most creative and skillful group to supply the nice mobile application the usage of Foursquare APIs (software programming interfaces).
Applications may be assembled using any blend of programming languages, application frameworks, and improvement tools. Participants are anticipated to bring the essential tools to build their opposition access and must demo their app via a smartphone.
Participants may be given nine hours to craft a cell app conforming to the topic to receive on the event day itself. 43 teams have confirmed their participation to date.
The idea at the back of handiest sharing the subject on the day itself is to ratchet up the stress on the teams and make certain that simplest the fittest, maximum decided and maximum composed beneath pressure are still status on the stop with their app. All the members realize for certain is that they should broaden a cellular app at the Foursquare API.
It will virtually be an excessive revel in but the organizers are confident the groups can pull it off. With their mantra “We consider builders are the new rock-stars. So rock out at #4SQHackPH!” the organizers are as excited about the event as the teams are.
One of the judges Paul Pajo, developer evangelist at SMART Communications, says “We want to spotlight the reality that builders are the ones who surely do the work on these programs. Normally, once the product is launched, no person recalls who the builders are. In hackathons, the highlight is at the developer.”
The organisers are flying in Sajid Mehmood of Foursquare’s platform engineering team from New York to present Filipino builders the ins and outs of the Foursquare API for Connected Apps. Foursquare’s APIs permit builders to construct apps that have interaction with the Foursquare platform for vicinity take a look at-ins, venue records.
Teams need to be formed before the occasion, both a duo or a trio. Walk-in participants are not allowed because instruction is fundamental, say the organizers, who endorse groups to prepare properly due to the fact this can serve as the maximum important key in developing a exceptional cellular app. Teaming up with the proper humans is essential too, they are saying.
Apps may be judged in step with their improvement fine, user enjoy, innovation and demo pitching. Fantastic prizes are promised.
WebGeek changed into founded in May 2009 as a community and an employer for web lovers – Filipino geeks, developers and architects. Prior to launching its website on August 2009, WebGeek performed tech occasions at universities.
DevCup in the meantime is one of the efforts of the Philippine’s top technology weblog to gather IT industry players to promote the IT and app improvement enterprise.