Time to Code - A Pebble Hackathon

IT'S OFFICIAL, THE EVENT IS NOW FULL -- See you on saturday!

If you wish to attend please RSVP as a limited amount of seats are available

Calling all developers!

Join us at the University of Ottawa (SITE Building) for an all things Pebble hackathon! Developers of all ages and skill levels are welcome to join! Pebble apps are written in C however they also have a JS API available.

Requirements:

Be sure to RSVP to this event page so we can have a computer login generated for you. We will be providing computers with internet access. Alternatively if you prefer to use your laptop for development we will have an open internet connection available. Other than that just show up and hack away! All coding will be done on the computer and laptops using CloudPebble with the built in emulator. However there will be Pebble watch's to test run your apps on. These refurbished pebbles will also be avaliable for purchase at $60 each.

Teams:

Coding can be done individual or in teams of 2-3 max.

Location & Getting There:

The address of the SITE building is 800 King Edward Drive.

The easiest method of transportation to campus is via bus. All of the main line buses come right through campus station. Here is a campus map: uOttawa Map (http://www.uottawa.ca/maps/CampusMap.pdf)

Alternatively if you are driving to the University, here is a map with designated parking areas: uOttawa Parking Map (http://www.protection.uottawa.ca/docs/ParkingMapPDFVersion.pdf)

Schedule:

Saturday, July 11th:

10:00 AM - Event Begins

10:30 AM - Distriute computer logins and get users set up on CloudPebble (https://cloudpebble.net/) to begin developing

11:00 AM Presentation by Cherie from Pebble

1:00 PM - Lunch Break (Gabriel's Pizza & Drinks provided)

6:00 PM - End of Day 1

Sunday, July 12th:

10:00 AM - Day 2 Begins

1:00 PM - Lunch Break (Subway subs & Drinks provided)

3:00 - App Demos

4:00 - App submissions begin

4:15 PM - Judging Begins

5:15 PM - Award Presentation

6:00 PM - End of Event

Prizes For:

• Best Color App W/ Timeline Integration

• Best B&W app

• Best Watchface

Prizes include: Pebble Time's, Pebble Steel's and Pebble Originals

But don't worry, if you don't win there will still be plenty of swag and stickers to hand out!

New Developer?

Be sure to check out the awesome guides written by Pebble! The Getting Started (http://developer.getpebble.com/getting-started/) section will help you write your first pebble app. Feel like jumping right into the deep end? Then be sure to check out some of their more advanced guides (http://developer.getpebble.com/guides/)! Don't like reading lots and just want to jump into the code? The examples (http://developer.getpebble.com/examples/) section is the place for you!

Here are some apps made by dev's in the Ottawa Area!

• Meetup (https://apps.getpebble.com/applications/5539d8fdbf1a59d7ac000053) by Matt Langlois

• Music Boss (https://apps.getpebble.com/applications/52c6c88dccc92142e6000050) by Jonathan Laroque

• Music Time (https://apps.getpebble.com/en_US/application/5565dca0f1a1c772ce00007d) by Jonathan Laroque

• Simply Alarm (https://apps.getpebble.com/applications/52c6cf3830db18550d000074) by Jonathan Laroque

• Devboard (https://apps.getpebble.com/applications/556bbaf730850a5fab000089) by Matt Langlois

• Travvik (https://apps.getpebble.com/applications/52b26ea9b70e1c131c0000cf)by Jaime

• uOttawa Card Manager (https://apps.getpebble.com/applications/5468365c32e2d70d26000095) by Matt Langlois

*Are you a Pebble dev from Ottawa? Send me your app and I'll post it here too!

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All of this wouldn't have been made possible without the support of Pebble and the University of Ottawa Computer Science Association!!

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