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Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Google Lagos Code Camp

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As part of the Google developer outreach G-Africa initiative, Google Nigeria recently hosted the first Google Lagos Code Camp. It was held at Frenchies Cafe on Victoria Island from the 28th through the 30th of October 2009. Fifty of the best developers and technology managers that Lagos has to offer attended the three-day event where we covered various Google technologies, all in the pursuit of creating very scalable, web-based applications. Attendees learned how to use the Google Web Toolkit, AppEngine, Maps API, iGoogle and iGadgets.

As we all know, steady internet connections are sometimes hard to come by in Nigeria, so the session was not without it's challenges and innovations. But in typical Nigerian and Google style we braved on as Google's own Christopher Kiagiri and Chewy Trewhella, on loan from Nairobi and London respectively, put the participants through their paces.

Taking it a step beyond the session, one of the participants demonstrated his attentiveness and creativity by porting Chewy's Python based twitube mashup web application into Java. All from one day's training. Another participant demonstrated an Android App that posted location data to an AppEngine host via GPRS. Needless to say, the Google team was really impressed. Best not to miss the next one!

If you are interested in hosting a similar event in your country, please contact us at africadeveloper@gmail.com. If you are a developer and would like to be notified about future G-Africa events in Nigeria or other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, please register in our Google SSA Developer Network.

Posted by Nyimbi Odero, Lead, English Speaking West Africa


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Code Camp Google à Lagos

Dans le cadre de l’initiative G-Africa pour les développeurs, Google Nigeria a accueilli récemment le premier Code Camp de Google Lagos. Cet événement s’est déroulé au Frenchies Cafe à Victoria Island du 28 au 30 octobre 2009. Cinquante des meilleurs développeurs et responsables technologique de Lagos ont participé à ces trois journées intenses, couvrant différentes technologies Google, axées sur la création d’applications Internet hautement évolutives. Les participants ont appris à se servir du Web Toolkit, AppEngine, Maps API, iGoogle et iGadgets de Google.

Nous le savons tous, les connexions Internet fixes sont parfois difficiles à réaliser au Nigéria ; l’exercice n’a pas été sans défis et innovations. Mais, dans la plus pure tradition du Nigéria et de Google, nous avons fait face : les intervenants Google Christopher Kiagiri et Chewy Trewhella, détachés respectivement de Nairobi et de Londres, ont entraîné les participants dans leur sillage.

Allant au-delà de la session, un des participants a fait montre de créativité et prouvé son intérêt en portant de Python en Java l’application Twitube Mashup développée par Chewy. Le tout au bout d’une seule journée de formation. Un autre participant a fait une démonstration d’une application Android qui envoie les données de localisation à un hôte AppEngine via GPRS. Il va sans dire que l’équipe a été fortement impressionnée. Mieux vaut ne pas rater la prochaine session !

S’il vous semble intéressant d’organiser un événement similaire dans votre pays, veuillez nous contacter à africadeveloper@gmail.com. Si vous êtes développeur et que vous souhaitez être informé des prochains événements G-Africa au Nigéria ou dans d’autres pays d’Afrique sub-saharienne, inscrivez-vous sur notre réseau de développeurs Afrique sub-Saharienne.

Posté par Nyimbi Odero, Chef de service, Afrique de l’Ouest anglophone
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