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.NET Code Camp 2013-14
Code Camp Week: Monday 9.12. - Friday 13.12.2013 Room no: 6218
CT30A9301 Code Camp on Platform Based Application Development (4 cr)
News & Notes
- Course is about to start!
Code Camp Week
Location 6218 basement computer lab
- Start time on Monday 9.12.2013 at 10:30
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
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08:15 | Presentations | ||||
09:15 | Idea brainstroming and group formation | Coding | Coding | Coding | Presentations |
10:15 | Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 tech briefing | Coding | Coding | Coding | Presentations complete: Winner announced |
12:00 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Closing |
13:00 | Idea brainstorming and group formation | Coding | Coding | Coding | |
14:15 | Idea brainstorming and group formation / Coding | Coding | Coding | Coding | |
17:00 | Progress reports in 6218 and then sauna! (at the building six rooftop sauna) | Coding | Coding | Coding | |
02:00 | Coding | Coding | Deadline style Coding and Code complete |
Presentations
Feedback times
To be announced
Groups
Group | Application | Name 1 | Name 2 | Name 3 | Name 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group 1 | Ball Murder | Teemu Hokkanen | Rasmus Halsas | Niklas Nygren | Arttu Urpalainen |
Group 2 | Unnamed | Kalle Kareinen | Tuomas Kuusisto | Arttu Tolvanen | Tatu Huttunen |
Group 3 | Jorma Uotisen kalakauppa | Janne Tallqvist | Antti Herala | Hanna Salopaasi | Sami Tarkiainen |
Group 4 | App Name | Name 1 | Name 2 | Name 3 | Name 4 |
Group 5 | App Name | Name 1 | Name 2 | Name 3 | Name 4 |
Requirements for projects
Use one or more of the following technologies in the project:
- Windows
- Windows Phone
- Windows Server and/or ASP.NET
- Kinect SDK
- Xbox Indie Games
- .NET Framework
- Windows Azure
No matter what technologies you choose, your project must meet app store guidelines and target some Imagine Cup competition category.
Return requirements for groups and the return schedule
- On Friday, at the end of the course, you need to have
- Five minute presentation about your program (idea, motivation, goals, technology used, what was actually implemented etc.)
- Five minute demonstration of your working program
- = Total presentation time of 10 minutes
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- Group members
- Idea
- Motivation
- Features
- Tech
- Some explanatory charts optionally
- Your project source binaries as wiki, no need to upload source code
- In a week (before 23:59 17.12.2013) send an email to Antti Knutas ( firstname.lastname@lut.fi ), with:
- Six page report of your project (also upload to wiki), including:
- Project introduction, motivation (justify the need for your app!)
- Functionality and features
- High points of your technical design
- Reflection (how did your brainstorming go, how did you end up with the idea, how did you approach the developing process, how did the code camp method work for you?)
- Conclusion (consider where your project could head next, what kind of use and features would the fully completed app have?)
- One page poster about your project (see examples from previous years, also upload to wiki)
- Email has to have topic [CC2013] Group X (for example: [CC2013] Group 2)
- Include project source code (remove binaries in bin and opt!) and the project report document in the email
- Don't upload project source to the wiki, only the report, poster and binaries
- Considering uploading your app to the store for extra points and include a link to your app
- Include link to your wiki page in the email
- On Wednesday 18.12.
- Come to your reserved feedback time slot, which can be reserved here: (LINK TBA (TODO))
- Before March 1st, consider signing up your team in one major Imagine Cup category (or the Windows Phone Challenge)
- See the details and links: http://www.imaginecup.com/
The feedback day for the reports will be on the Wednesday 18.12. in the afternoon.
Imagine Cup
Discussion and the Q&A
Q&A
Q: How can I move elements manually in WPF?
A: This might work: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4214155/wpf-easiest-way-to-move-image-to-x-y-programmatically
Q: How does the USB boot work with the hard disks?
A: Press F12 until you have reached the boot option menu after power on. Then choose the UEFI USB boot option.
Q: Does the Razor MVC have a design view?
A: No, not in the same sense as in the old ASP.NET. However, check out Page Inspector.
Q: How to add custom parameters to ActionLink?
A: Check out http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7024281/mvc-3-append-get-parameters-on-a-actionlink
FAQ
What are recommended skills/requirements for code camp ?
Programming experience(I hope you all have some…if not..then you'll have one during this code camp) and of course learning INTEREST is the most.
Can I prepare to Code Camp ?
Yes. During code camp week we will brainstorm a software idea, design it and code it. Getting good ideas might sometimes be hard and thinking about different ideas before code camp makes it faster to get into coding part.
I have an exam in Code Camp week ?
You are free to go exam, but code camp in intensive course and idea is to focus coding during the well, so it is recommended you prepare to exam before the code camp week.
Grading ?
Grading 1-5 from
- Idea and presentation of the Idea in wiki: 25%
- Coding of the implementation: 25%
- Presentation: 10%
- Code Camp Spirit: 20%
- Code camp report 20%
More ?
If you have questions about code camp send email to Antti Knutas (firstname.lastname@lut.fi).
Helpful Links
Windows 8
Windows Phone 8
What is Code Camp ?
Code Camp is a learning and hacking experience. The code camp approach can be defined as a collaborative learning setting that aims to promote profession-oriented skills. In code camp, the term camp refers to a situation where students assemble and stay a while together. The term code refers to coding, i.e. writing computer programs.
Registration
Registration link is on the front page.