Xamarin Hero Jos

Xamarin Hero Jos is a 2 Days Hackathon providing attendees with an intense, hands-on learning experience. Spend the time exploring mobile development with sessions from Xamarin, then roll up your sleeves for an evening dedicated to diving into code.

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Additional Information

Each Xamarin Hero Event is unique, but you’ll always walk away with a better understanding of how you can build, test, and monitor native iOS, Android, and Windows apps with Xamarin and also a basic way to use Azure.

Agenda

Day 1

Time Session
08:30 Break Fast (Tea & Muffin if you make it early)
9:00 AM Registration / Setup / Installations
9:30 AM Introductions
10:00AM Session 1 – Introductions to Xamarin
10:20 AM Session 2 – Introduction to Xamarin Forms
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00PM Session 3 – Connecting to Azure Mobile Services
2:00 PM Session 4 – Service Stack / Using Local Storage
3:00PM Session 5 – App Design and UX – Team
4:00PM Group Project allocation / Final Setup

Day 2

Time Session
08:30 Break Fast (Tea & Muffin if you make it early)
9:00 AM Registration / Setup / Installations
9:30 AM Hackathon for Beginners Setup the environment and create your first Xamarin app following a tutorial with help from the mentors
09:30AM Open Hacking (More advanced) Self-guided group hacking session to create something awesome using Xamarin
03:50 PM Finish
4:00PM Networking

FAQ

  1. What should I bring?
    • We encourage you to bring your personal computer to Xamarin Unplugged event with Xamarin fully installed to participate in the live coding activities. We have a full guide for both Mac OS X and Windows to help get you started.
    • Xamarin experts will be around to help you with any setup, but it is highly encouraged to preconfigure your machines in advance.
    • In order to test the part of iOS, for those who do not have a MAC, you can use one of the weekly plans MacInCloud (Europe Server, OS El Capitain) with the option Enable Remote Build Port enabled.