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HTML5 Web App Hackathon!

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 from 11:45 AM to 9:00 PM (ET)

Montreal, Quebec
HTML5 Web App Hackathon!

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UPDATE: The event was a big success! We were extremely impressed by the various demos - some of the best we've seen at HTML5 Hackathons!

Here are the links we promised:

The Canadian Chrome Web Store Incentive Program: http://bit.ly/s4O0Fn

The Montreal Hack-a-thon Feedback From: http://bit.ly/oumlAv

The Slide Deck we used: http://bit.ly/n4RVtM

DJ Break Point Sources: http://bit.ly/quyPMZ

Tell us about your app: http://bit.ly/sX1ytF

Other events to look out for: Random Hacks of Kindness, Startup Talent.


Applications are increasingly moving to the web, and HTML5 is the powerful platform that gives them the performance and capabilities of native apps.

The HTML5 Web App Hackathon is an event for developers to socialize, network, and learn.  During the hackathon, we'll cover the end to end process of developing an HTML5 application, publicizing with Chrome Webstore and finally monetizing with In-App Payments.

Specifically we'll be covering the following APIs:

  • Web Audio
  • Web Fonts
  • History
  • File System
  • Canvas
  • App Cache
  • Web Workers
  • Transitions
  • Chrome Web Store
  • In- App Payments

After the presentation, you'll have the opportunity to hack on something of your choice alone / with a team or build on something that we'll provide.  At the end of the day, teams and individuals will present what they've created and we'll vote on the best app/game.  The winning team/individual will take home some awesome prize(s) - to be announced soon!

Below is the itinerary for the day:

11:45-12pm - Check-in
12-1:30pm - Lunch is served & Presentation
1:30-2pm - Pitches & Team organization
2-7pm - Hacking
7-8pm - Dinner is served & Finish hacking
8-9pm - Drinks, Presentations & Voting.

Please bring your laptops and power supplies - we'll be supplying power outlets and wifi at the event!

Your hacking guides will be:

Pete LePage

Pete joined Google in 2011 as a Developer Advocate working on the Chrome Web Store team and the open web platform. He's been designing websites since his early days in high school, evolving from overlapping <blink>, <marquee> and <font>, and tags on GeoCities to properly styled CSS, managed hosted websites. Pete works with the web developer community to build awesome new web applications using open web technologies like HTML5 and CSS3. He can often be found traveling the world with his friends, seeing both exotic and ordinary sites, or in a black and white dark room printing something he shot with a film camera!
Alex Komoroske

Alex Komoroske

Alex Komoroske is a Product Manager on Chrome's Open Web Platform team. Before he was a product manager he was a web developer--and even today loves building web apps in his spare time. Now he's excited to be helping other web developers make awesome apps that harness the open web platform's full potential.
Steve Truong

Steve Truong

A recent-ish graduate from the University of Waterloo, Steve is now a "developpeur de logiciels" at Google Montreal. He spends most of his time working on Chrome Front End/UI and Sync features, but also dabbles in college recruiting and developer relations with Web and Video Game developers.
Phillipe Beaudoin

Phillipe Beaudoin

Philippe holds a Ph.D. in computer science, where he studied simulated robots. Afraid his research would lead to mechanical bipeds taking over the world, he recently turned to web development. Two years ago, he published GWT-Platform, one of the most popular open-source framework for the Google Web Toolkit. Today Philippe works with an amazing team of engineer in Google's Montreal office, where he gets a glimpse of tomorrow's web technologies.
Eric Dingle

Eric Dingle

Eric, a University of Waterloo grad, has been a Software Developer in Google's Montreal office since 2009. He has worked on a variety of projects within the Chrome team and is now focusing on Chrome Extensions security. Before joining Google, he specialized mostly in web development.
C#

Chris Sharp a.k.a. C#

Chris is a new member of Google Montreal, having just graduated from the University of Waterloo this year. Although he is just a recent grad, he has had the chance to work at a number of different companies as an intern and is in the credits for Need for Speed Undercover and Mass Effect 2.
C#

Jesse Doherty

Jesse recently completed his Master's degree in computer science at McGill university. His thesis work was part of a compiler project for the Matlab language. This work has given Jesse a deep knowledge of the semantics of the Matlab language. Unfortunately, few people actually care about this knowledge and mostly use Matlab to draw pretty graphs or because excel is too slow (a slight exaggeration). Jesse is a new member of Google Montreal and is currently working on the Chrome UI team.

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