Multitouch App Code Camp 2013

Code Camp Week: Week 4 Monday 13.5 - Friday 17.5 2013 Room no: 6218

CT30A9300 Code Camp on Communications Engineering (4 cr)

News & Notes

Course is about to start!

Remember the prerequisite tasks!

Code Camp Week

Location 6218 basement computer lab

Start time on Monday 13.5.2013 at 9:00

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
08:15	Presentations
09:15	Idea brainstroming and group formation Imagine Cup 2013 Code Camps	Coding	Coding	Coding	Presentations
10:15	Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 tech briefing Tutorial 101 and Metro UI Design and Tutorials	Coding	Coding	Coding	Presentations complete: Winner announced
12:00	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Closing
13:00	Idea brainstorming and group formation	Coding	Coding	Coding
14:15	Idea brainstorming and group formation / Coding	Coding	Coding	Coding
17:00	Idea presentations at 6218	Progress reports and sauna! (at the beach sauna)	Coding	Coding
02:00	Coding	Coding	Deadline style Coding and Code complete

Feedback times

To be announced

Groups

Two person teams:

Group	Application	Name 1	Name 2
Group 1	App Name	Name 1	Name 2
Group 2	App Name	Name 1	Name 2
Group 3	App Name	Name 1	Name 2
Group 4	App Name	Name 1	Name 2
Group 5	App Name	Name 1	Name 2
Group 6	App Name	Name 1	Name 2

Requirements for projects

Release a Windows 8 style app that uses touch controls.

Publish the app in the Windows 8 store after passing the store validations for extra points.

Return requirements for groups and the return schedule

On Friday, at the end of the course, you need to have

Five minute presentation about your program (idea, motivation, goals, technology used, what was actually implemented etc.)

Five minute demonstration of your working program

= Total presentation time of 10 minutes

Done your wiki page and linked it to this one. Use this or this as an example

Group members

Idea

Motivation

Features

Tech

Some explanatory charts optionally

Link to your source code repository, or have the project in the wiki page

Future requirements TBA, but in short:

Present your app in a short feedback meeting a week or two after

Publish your app successfully before mid-June

Discussion and the Q&A

See Open CodeCamp QETA

FAQ

What are recommended skills/requirements for code camp ?

Programming experience(I hope you all have some…if not..then you'll have one during this code camp) and of course learning INTEREST is the most.

Can I prepare to Code Camp ?

Yes. During code camp week we will brainstorm a software idea, design it and code it. Getting good ideas might sometimes be hard and thinking about different ideas before code camp makes it faster to get into coding part.

I have an exam in Code Camp week ?

You are free to go exam, but code camp in intensive course and idea is to focus coding during the well, so it is recommended you prepare to exam before the code camp week.

Grading ?

Grading 1-5 from

Idea and presentation of the Idea in wiki: 25%

Coding of the implementation: 25%

Presentation: 10%

Code Camp Spirit: 20%

Code camp Report 20%

Publish in the app store to at least double the coding section grading. (+ 1-2 grades)

More ?

If you have questions about code camp send email to Antti Knutas (firstname.lastname@lut.fi).

Helpful Links

Windows 8 apps

Getting Started guide

Getting Started Overview

Hands On Labs (exercises)

eBook on building apps

Webcasts on the topic

What is Code Camp ?

Code Camp is a learning and hacking experience. The code camp approach can be defined as a collaborative learning setting that aims to promote profession-oriented skills. In code camp, the term camp refers to a situation where students assemble and stay a while together. The term code refers to coding, i.e. writing computer programs.

Registration

Registration link is on the front page.