“Happily hacking!” was GDG DevFest organizer Simon Buxton’s share directly from
the DevFest Auckland event on September 29th. This past weekend marked the second round of
community-organized DevFests. Local Google Developer Groups powered up the developer community
with 11 total events. From hackathons that produced compelling and polished apps, to local
press coverage, to excitement for future events, this most recent round of DevFest events
showcased the engagement and innovation thriving in the Google developer ecosystem. Below,
we’ve spotlighted key moments from last weekend’s events and provided a schedule for those
coming up next. Find
your nearest GDG, attend an
event, and join the
community!
DevFest Jakarta |
Host: GDG Jakarta Tech In Asia recapped the
most memorable moments from DevFest Jakarta.
DevFest IIT Guwahati | Host: GDG
IIT Guwahati “75 developers and designers, 25 teams, 15 prototype submissions with 5 complete
projects define a successful 12-hour hackathon as part of the first-ever GDG DevFest held at
+IIT Guwahati. Thanks a lot
+Google Developers for sharing our update, most importantly for supporting such a great GDG
program and a flagship event like DevFest. It's not even 24 hours after our hackathon and
students at +IIT
Guwahati are asking when's the next one !!
<3 . Hope the fruitful collaboration continues for years to come.” –
GDG IIT Guwahati +Page
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DevFest Goa |
Host: GDG
Goa “We had an awesome devfest extending over
two days 29th and 30th Sep 2012. The event was attended by about 100 developers (Day 1 and Day
2). We had two tracks on Day 1 featuring Android and Modern Web (Chrome/HTML5/Dart), followed
by a hackathon on Day 2. In fact, we hosted a code lab on HTML5 in which a complete 2D game
was developed step-by-step by participants. Out of the hackathon came more than 6 apps, 4 of
which were completely polished (will be live in one week’s time). From an HTML5 version of
“Draw My Thing,” to an Android rescue app that logs the user out of all accounts in the event
of one’s phone being misplaced, to a presentation app featuring an HTML5 version of Prezi and
Mupples, the hackathon entries ran the gambit. Participants really enjoyed. Explore the event
gallery on our +Page, Facebook, and Twitter.” –
Smarth Behl, GDG DevFest Goa Organizer
DevFest Surabaya |
Host: GDG
Surabaya “DevFest Surabaya took place on September
29th at Sekolah Tinggi Teknik Surabaya, Ngagel Jaya Tengah 73-77, Surabaya, Indonesia, hosting
a total of 267 developers. Of the tracks focusing on Maps, Android, and HTML5,
highlight sessions included Merci Niebres (Google Senior Marketing Events Team) explaining
Google's technology impact on developers all around the world, Anna Chernova (Google
Quantitative Analyst) covering various Google Maps API for developers, and Vivi Wei Zhang
(Metaps Singapore) discussing monetizing Android applications. Attendees were
ecstatic about the event and look forward to the next GDG event.” –
Esther Irawati Setiawan, GDG DevFest Organizer Photo
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Phoebe Peronto is an Associate Product Marketing Manager on the Developer Marketing
team here at Google. She’s a foodie who has a penchant for traveling, politics, and running.
Oh, and of course...Go Cal Bears!
By Phoebe Peronto,
Developer Marketing
