Dream Build Launch is a campaign for local developers in Singapore working on Windows 8 platform. We hold regular events, competitions, hackathon, workshops, trainings and more for the community.

Our very first Dream Build Launch event kicked off last Saturday morning, with 150 enthusiastic developers working together to build a Windows 8 application within 24 hours. The theme this year is I <3 SG.

We had 3 talks to lead developers into the development process. First, a Metro design crash course by our Developer Evangelist, Chun Siong, on how to create an appealing looking application for users quickly. The next two talks were hands-on sessions on how to create Windows 8 apps using HTML5/Javascipt and C# and XAML.

Here are some highlights from the Hackathon:

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We had a special challenge to encourage our hardworking developers who were cracking code throughout the event. If they could get more than 100 points on Fruit Ninja, they would be able to win a free $10 Starbucks card, kindly sponsored by our very own ninja.

 

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[caption id=“attachment_9822” align=“alignnone” width=“610” caption=“The ultimate showdown between ninjas begins”][/caption]   Night fell.. but we still saw crowds of people staying behind to work on their apps!   [caption id=“attachment_9819” align=“alignnone” width=“610” caption=“It's 3am at night.. and they've still got so much energy! Amazing.”][/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_9818” align=“alignnone” width=“610” caption=“Taking a short nap before going at it again.”][/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_9817” align=“alignnone” width=“610” caption=“Deep in team discussions!”][/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_9814” align=“alignnone” width=“610” caption=“One of our friends from Japan, Masa Morishita, sleeps and dreams about Javascript for Windows 8 development!”][/caption]

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50 new applications in various categories (games / food / travel / quizzes / history) were submitted for this Hackathon and we are psyched to reveal the winners soon!

It’s great to see so many of our developers talking to each other and having fun hacking. We hope that you managed to make new friends and had tonnes of fun at the event as well!  

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