Dr. Doris Chen's Blog

Free Windows 8 App Development Training and Hackathon

Doris Chen — Thu, 09 May 2013 00:18:39 GMT

Have app ideas? Have software development skills? If so, that’s all you need to learn, compete and win! 10 Cities, 100’s of developers and 1000’s of great ideas. Take your skills and ideas into a new economy and register for the Windows 8 App-Factor...(read more)

Develop High Performance Windows 8 Application with HTML5 and JavaScript | Best Practices & Tips

Doris Chen — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:39:48 GMT

I presented “ Develop High Performance Windows 8 Application with HTML5 and JavaScript ” to San Francisco & Silicon Valley Web Performance Group . A lot of developers are asking for the presentation, demo and resources, so I post all the information...(read more)

What Web Developers Need to Know to Develop Windows 8 Apps

Doris Chen — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 02:33:06 GMT

Many thanks to Bay Area Mobile meetup and Bay Area jQuery Meetup for inviting me to speak on What Web Developers Need to Know to Develop Windows 8 Apps. Abstract, presentation and resources are available below: Abstract You already have a Web app...(read more)

1 Day Free Workshop For College Students: Get $100 for Every Wins 8 App

Doris Chen — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:13:26 GMT

Quick! Who is interested in earning a quick $100 PLUS free pizza, tutorials, games, Give away and prizes! You can earn a $100 for each Windows app you publish. (and up to $1500 !!) Sign up our Windows 8 App Madness Workshop either at south bay...(read more)

Get up to $2000: Incentive for Publishing Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Apps

Doris Chen — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:10:49 GMT

Enter Today to get your $100 (per app) up to $2000* Keep the Cash • Publish an app • Get up to $2000* Publish your app(s) in the Windows Store and/or Windows Phone Store and fill out the form to participate. You can submit up to 10 apps per Store...(read more)

Windows 8 Student App Madness Challenge| Receive $100 | Win Trip of A Lifetime

Doris Chen — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:58:41 GMT

I wanted to share an opportunity Microsoft has for students to get experience building Windows 8 apps and earn some cool prizes along the way. We are currently running a software development contest called the Windows 8 Student App Madness Challenge from...(read more)

Upcoming Cross Platform App Hackathon (Free)

Doris Chen — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:35:29 GMT

Sign up at http://crossplatform-apphackathon.eventbrite.com Now! Here's your opportunity to try out the new Apps Frameworks to support cross-platform, Windows 8, Windows 8 Phone, iOS and Android. You'll get a chance to build amazing apps with experts...(read more)

Jump Start: Develop Windows 8 Apps using HTML5/JavaScript in 30 minutes

Doris Chen — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:13:53 GMT

It’s a great pleasure to speak for San Francisco JavaScript Meetup on Monday night. In this 30 minutes presentation, I talked about the following: The introduction of Internet Explorer 10 and Windows 8 provides developers with new challenges and...(read more)

How to get Windows/Windows Phone Store Registration for Free?

Doris Chen — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 22:43:22 GMT

Want to get a store registration for free and win a lot of prizes? Here is what you can do: Join THE ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE! How does it work? Publish your app to the Windows Store and/or Windows Phone Store between December 20, 2012 through February...(read more)

Windows 8 Student Holiday App Challenge: Publish your Windows 8 app and Receive $100 gift card

Doris Chen — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 04:12:40 GMT

Create and publish your Windows 8 application by January 20 th , 2013 and Receive a $100 gift card. Get started with your New Year app revolution. It’s easy to do and free! Step 1 GET STARTED Download all the software and resources you need completely...(read more)