Hello everyone, a new GDG Android meetup is upon us! As you might know, we're preparing for our DevFest 2013 event, taking place on September 21-22. Google has confirmed they'll be sponsoring the catering for the week-end as well as providing prizes to HackFair participants.
The page for the Montréal Android DevFest is now up here. It will consist of CodeLabs for people who want to learn about Android, and a HackFair on Sunday, a venue for developers to show off their independent projects.
DevFest – Let the Hacking commence!
You have a killer idea you'd like to build for the fair? Come officially register your concept, and if you're looking for people to help you realize your vision, pitch to the group to find new teamates.
As mentioned above, DevFest is being sponsored by Google. Build your web application or mobile backend on Google App Engine or Google Compute Engine? GDG members and attendees of the wednesday meetup will be offered a $2,000 credit!
Hello everyone, a new GDG Android meetup is upon us! As you might know, we're starting up preparations for our DevFest 2013 event, taking place on September 21-22.
The DevFest will consists of CodeLabs where we hope to introduce people of all levels to key aspects of programming on Android. The actual content of the labs is yet to be determined, but the hope is to have something for every level, perhaps with the idea of showing people how to go from (simple) concept project all the way to the Play store.
The interesting part about the HackFair is that we start the projects now, unlike the hackathon format, people are allowed and encouraged to work on their project in the months before the HackFair.
Setting up your Android work environment.
All work and no play make for a dull evening, so our thanks to Mathieu Mea who will be demoing the OUYA, the new 100$ Android game console.
We'll close the evening with a call for projects. You have a killer idea you'd like to build for the fair? You have 5 minutes (max) to pitch it to the group, then we'll try to form teams to realize those ideas.
And just in time for Hack-Night, I'm very happy to announce that we're being sponsored by none other than the makers of IntelliJ, JetBrains! We'll be having a draw for 1 Free License of IntelliJ IDEA.
If you're interested in volunteering or would like to sponsor the event, you can always find our latest contact information on our Google Plus Page.
HackFair: Tables with teams showing off their project to public for rest of day.