@DaveVoyles

Sr. Tech EvangelistMicrosoft

DaveVoyles.com

How to win a hackathon

About me

• Construction worker turned programmer

• Started off at Comcast, then came to Microsoft

• Wrote Xbox 360 & Xbox One apps

• Ask me HTML5 questions!

Easy Blog with WordPress, Azure Web Apps and the Azure Gallery – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/devfish/archive/2015/09/03/easy-blog-with-wordpress-azure-web-apps-and-the-azure-gallery.aspx

HTML5 Boilerplate – spin up a web app in secondshttps://html5boilerplate.com/

A boilerplate for Node.js web applicationshttps://github.com/sahat/hackathon-starter

ManifoldJS – Turn any website into an iOS, Android, and Windows app in secondshttp://www.davevoyles.com/vorlonjs-manifoldjs-a-new-flight-simulator-in-the-browser-from-microsoft/

Azure samples – iOS, Android, Web. https://github.com/Azure-Samples

Web API for mobile apps – leaderboards, stat sharing, etc.https://github.com/DaveVoyles/XamarinWebAPI

Intro to HMTL5 videohttp://www.davevoyles.com/introduction-to-html5-video/

Resources

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Games Entertainment

appstudio.windows.com

Categories of Apps

device/services

client/server

Great device experiences …

… powered by services in the cloud

Open Platform

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Azure Usages• Websites

• Push your code to GitHub, and it updates your site instantly!• Wrap it using ManifoldJS and deploy to iOS, Android, Facebook, Windows!

• Wordpress• Use it as a resume!

• Microsoft and Comcast found me that way!

• Mobile services• Push notifications, lists, leaderboards

• Blob Storage• Host and serve your podcast files (mp3, mp4, streaming)

• Media Services• Create your own Twitch-like streaming service, but YOU own the content

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Free Azure passesLet’s do this together, right now

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Many Tools of the trade

Easy Blog with WordPress, Azure Web Apps and the Azure Gallery – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/devfish/archive/2015/09/03/easy-blog-with-wordpress-azure-web-apps-and-the-azure-gallery.aspx

HTML5 Boilerplate – spin up a web app in secondshttps://html5boilerplate.com/

A boilerplate for Node.js web applicationshttps://github.com/sahat/hackathon-starter

ManifoldJS – Turn any website into an iOS, Android, and Windows app in secondshttp://www.davevoyles.com/creating-a-mobile-app-with-famo-us-and-manifoldjs/

Azure samples – iOS, Android, Web. https://github.com/Azure-Samples

Web API for mobile apps – leaderboards, stat sharing, etc.https://github.com/DaveVoyles/XamarinWebAPI

Intro to HMTL5 videohttp://www.davevoyles.com/introduction-to-html5-video/

Resources