I am very excited to announce the event details!

Details

When
Saturday, August 8th, 2009 from 9:00 am – 6:00 pm

Where
Panera Bread
12285 Tech Rd
Silver Spring, MD 20904-1901
(301) 680-7940

Panera seating is first come first serve. If you show up early please help us hold some tables. There is FREE WIFI.

Tentative Schedule

9am – 10am : breakfast and morning social
10am – 12am : morning session of structured activities
12pm – 2pm : lunch and afternoon social
2pm – 4pm : afternoon session of structure activities
4pm – 6pm : un-conference style, show and tell what you’ve done so far

About the Event

That’s a long event time. You can come and stay as long as you want when you want. In general, this is an un-conference style event with some presentations and tutorials being given during the more structure times.

What will be covered? You will get at least how to use the SDK to get an application start and build a “Hello World” application. With people coming and going, I can’t guarantee much more; but with the SDK available and fellow developers at hand, who knows how far you can go in 1 day!

I already know the SDK. Please consider volunteering! Contact me at alice.carback+predevcamp@gmail.com and let me know what material you can  help people out with. Presentations, tutorials, or just being on hand to answer questions would be awesome!

There will be prizes. You could win a copy of Palm webOS from O’Reilly. We’ll have a couple activities (details to come) where the prize will be a copy of the book.

I want someone to write an application for me. Also, awesome. Please email info@predevcamp.org and let the organizers know.

What do I need? Mostly a computer and a willingness to learn, but here’s a brief check list:

• Your laptop and everything you need for it: power cord, adapters, travel mouse, etc.
• The SDK. If you haven’t registered at developer.palm.com and installed the SDK I highly recommend it. We’ll show you how to use it.
• Powerstrip. We won’t have an outlet per person on the on the wall so we’ll have to share.
• Notebook and pencil. It wouldn’t hurt to jot down notes or ideas.
• Some money for food. We’ll be in downtown Silver Spring  so you’ll have some options other than Panera.

If you have any questions or I didn’t cover something, please do not hesitate to email me at alice.carback+predevcamp@gmail.com

Palm just announced last night an early access program for the webOS SDK. Basically, they’re going to release it to a few of us to developers to try out and then they’ll slowly add more people. Then the general public can have it once they think its ready. To get early access, apply at their website.

It is important to note, that you can’t really talk about the the SDK until its officially release. Check out the Q&A for details.

There are only 88 days left in the first half of 2009 for Palm to launch the Pre (and the SDK). Keep sharpening those JavaScript skills.