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HTML5 WebCamp Lab Setup Instruction

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HTML5 WebCamp Lab Setup Instruction

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12 Aug 2011 12:23 AM
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HTML5 WebCamp is coming up soon. It’s time to setup all the software on your laptop and get ready for a successful WebCamp.

  

Get Prepared!

STEP1: Install Following Software on your machine

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After you successfully installed WebMatrix, go to WebPlatform Installer (can access from windows start menu if it is not started yet) and select Products (on the top) and Tools on the left side bar, you should see Microsoft WebMatrix as shown below.

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  • Visual Web Developer 2010 Express

    • In WebPlatform Installer, scroll to Visual Web Developer Express 2010 SP1 and click the button Add to install the Visual Studio Express tool.

      • If you haven’t installed Visual Web Developer Express 2010 yet, the Web Platform Installer will first install it first.  Follow the instruction to install it first.

      • Then install Visual Web Developer Express 2010 SP1 which contains SP1 updates.

    • After you have successfully installed Visual Web Developer Express, you should see an Installed status .

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STEP 2: Download labs!

Common Q&A

  Don’t have a Windows machine?   

Don’t worry, there are plenty of options to get the most out of HTML5 WebCamp!  Labs are only the last couple hours of the day, and you are also welcome to engage with speakers, proctors, and fellow attendees who will be happy to give you demos.  Nevertheless, please consider using a virtual machine, downloading and installing a trial version of Windows 7, or practice some pair programming with another attendee.

When should I arrive?

Our sessions will be starting promptly at 8:45 AM, so be sure to arrive 30 minutes early for check-in and set up.

See you all there!

 

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Comments
  • Melinda
    15 Aug 2011 3:23 PM

    So I guess it's BYOC? (Bring Your Own Computer)  If so, this might be an issue because I have Windows XP and can't install IE9 on my company computer.

  • 15 Aug 2011 3:37 PM

    Yes, you need to bring your laptop with all the software (follow the instruction above) installed so you can try all the labs.  It does require Windows 7 to install IE9.  Hope you can resolve the problem before the Webcamp.  See you soon.

  • Melinda
    16 Aug 2011 9:29 AM

    Thanks, Doris. We'll do our best! :)

  • Katy
    16 Aug 2011 11:55 AM

    When is the next WebCamp and where? I am located in Jacksonville Florida. I think I jsut found this blog after the latest WebCamp started! (like yesterday! )

  • Aron
    16 Aug 2011 1:47 PM

    Just to make sure I'm clear... We don't need to install Visual Studio Express, if we have Visual Studio Ultimate, correct?

  • 16 Aug 2011 2:09 PM

    Hi Aron,

    Yes, that's correct.  If you have Visual Studio Ultimate, make sure it's updated to SP1 so that you can add "Web Standards Update for Visual Studio SP1" onto it.  Also you do need to install WebMatrix as we will use some components there.

    Thanks,

    Doris

  • 16 Aug 2011 2:11 PM

    Hi Katy,

    Thanks for your interest.  I don't have the information if we will run WebCamp in Florida yet.  However, I will post all the WebCamp content online so you can take a look.  We will also have video content soon.

    Doris

  • Albert
    16 Aug 2011 5:16 PM

    My developer signed up, but I'm going instead. Is this going to be an issue?

  • 16 Aug 2011 5:34 PM

    Hi Albert,

    When you check in, please tell the people at the registration who you are replacing.  They can find the developer who registered and then replace with your name.  It's a sold out event, so we don't have any extra room.  Hope you can understand.  

    Also, make sure you setup all the software and labs on your machine.

    See you on Friday,

    Doris

  • Frank
    18 Aug 2011 9:57 AM

    I just saw this in my email,

    "These hands-on labs require quite a bit of internet bandwidth, so if you have it available to you – you may want to also bring along your internet broadband device."

    Will internet access not be provided at the venue?

    ~ Frank

  • 18 Aug 2011 10:05 AM

    Frank,

    The internet will be provided onsite however due to the large number of attendees, the internet could be very slow.  If you have you own, it is better to use your own.  

    Thanks,  Doris

  • Jason Yu
    23 Aug 2011 3:21 PM

    Hi, Doris:

    Did you upload the updated classware?  I would like to download it.

    Thanks.

  • 24 Aug 2011 1:37 PM

    Hi Jason,

    I have uploaded all the content at http://bit.ly/HTML5_LA.

    Thanks for your interest,

    Doris

  • Kate
    7 Oct 2011 2:44 PM

    I'm confused -- I only use a mac -- does this mean I can't go because I can't install windows?

    Kate

  • 9 Oct 2011 11:19 PM

    Hi Kate,

    You can attend however we don't have resources to help you with the labs if the problems are from your machine.  One suggestion to you will be trying the virtual machine approach and use the trial version of Windows 7 so you can setup your machine properly.

    Thanks for you interest,

    Doris

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