Win fabulous prizes
Ticket to TechEd Madrid, Asus Vivo Tab, Lumia Phone and more. Everybody wins!
Join us in Brussels, Genk, Kortrijk or Mons on March 27th for the 4-locations Super Hackathon*. Code, build, eat, drink & win.
Experts will be on site to help you with the last phase of building your first Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8 application. We’ll be streaming live everywhere to the world.
We come to your cities (4!), we bring the experts (many!), feed you with breakfast, pizza, coffee (lots!) and Red Bull, honor you with prizes and rewards (countless!). You are the center - we are there for you, because we want you to be successful.
So where is the action?
One day – March 27th – four different locations.
All connected in a group or single. With designers or without. From scratch or working at a large scale app. Fast or faster. Veggie or not.
End goal: Get to Windows Store, have fun doing it, go home with prizes.
(*) EXCLUSIVE for Genk: Gill Cleeren will do a Deep Dive session on-site (during the day part) on Windows Store Apps Development with C#/XAML. And even beter: you can choose what he'll be presenting. Pick your 5 favorite topics here!
About
Yes, winter is cosy with the snow and all – but after months of darkness we all need light. So the theme for the Super Hackathon is around spring, well-being, health and happines. To be interpreted very broadly.
The Super Hackathon will run 2 exciting challenges, too:
Win8 starters
First time app? Build your first one – see how to get started here.
Use the hackathon to join us and get some help finalizing your first Windows 8 application. Every (yes, every) app that gets submitted to Windows Store during the hackathon will get a surprise gift!
Best app contest
Fabulous prizes in this contest for the top apps across the 4 locations:
- 1st Place: free & full entrance to TechEd Madrid 25-28 June
- 2nd Place: Marvellous Asus Vivo Tab
- 3rd Place: Hot Windows Phone 8
Demo your app in the Demo Fest and walk out with an awesome prize! Every (yes, every) app that gets submitted to Windows Store during the hackathon will get a surprise gift!
This is how we see the Day & Night:
Day
| 08:08 – 09:00 |
Warm welcome and registration, you can start coding if you like |
| 09:00 – 09:30 |
Introduction and getting started
Live streaming from all 4 locations
Coding challenge: Best app kick-off |
| 09:30 – 12:30 |
Coding
Guidance, hands-on labs and expert advice on site |
| 12:30 – 13:30 |
Lunch |
| 13:30 – 16:00 |
Coding
Guidance, hands-on labs and expert advice on site |
| 16:00 – 17:00 |
Demo fest and best app showdown for Day attendees
Publish your first finished app: prize giveaway |
| 17:00 |
Break and end of the Day part |
Night
| 17:30 |
Welcome and registration night event |
| 18:00 – 18:30 |
Introduction and getting started |
| 18:30 – 19:30 |
Coding
Guidance, hands-on labs and expert advice on site
Coding challenge: Best app kick-off part 2 |
| 19:30 – 20:30 |
Dinner |
| 20:30 – 23:00 |
Coding
Guidance, hands-on labs and expert advice on site |
| 23:00 – 24:00 |
Demo fest and best app showdown
Coding challenge jury – Best app of the four locations jury
Publish your first finished app: prize giveaway |
| 24:00 |
Good bye |
Get Ready
So how to prep for Super Hackathon?
Register
Register for one of the locations.
If you publish your first app in the Store by the end of the hackathon, you will get a surprise gift! Sumbitting requires your Windows Store registration to be fully completed before the hackathon, though!
How to get your full refund of your Windows Store developer registration?
Get the basics
Check out these assets set up by David Hernie (Technical Evangelist, Microsoft).
Find ideas
Check out the templates and the ideas.
Technical prerequisites
- Familiarity writing either desktop apps, mobile applications or developing websites. Familiarity with either JavaScript, C# (XAML) or C++.
- Bring your own pc: any device capable of running Windows 8 and Visual Studio Express.
Required software
Ideas & Templates
Ideas
Maybe these ideas can inspire you? We will present some ideas at the Super Hackathon, too!
- Fitness and body
- Calculators (BMI, calorie burning, sports)
- Food tracking
- Yoga postures
- Information about healthy foods
- Training trackers
- Living with nature & relax
- Moon calendar with moon cycles
- Gardening and growing your own food
- Relaxing music /unwinding
- Bold photography
- Photography and quotes
- Spring photography
- Food and eating well
- Recipes
- Gluten free eating / Meat free eating / Smoothie recepies
- Restaurant locator
- BIO shop locator or EVA - vegetarian food content (evavzw.be)
- Achieving goals
- Keeping a list of things to do before you’re 12, 30, 50 etc
- Keep a bucket list (see http://bucketlist.org/)
- List of goals in fitness, health, other
- Health and medical information
- pregnancy calendar
- monitor your pill intake
Quick Start Templates
Need some design inspiration? We’ve got a bunch of Design Reference Templates in both C#/XAML and HTML/JavaScript.
Not enough? the full list here.
