GDG Philippines in 2015

This year has been another busy year for GDG Philippines. We've had a lot of events and some of them are firsts of its kind.

Study Jams

For the first time, we organized a seven-week Android Fundamentals Study Jams on February-March 2015. This was part of the Google Developers Study Jams, free series of global, community-run, in-person study groups. The first jam session was presented in partnership with Udacity and will follow their Android Fundamentals curriculum.

Women Techmakers: Manila 2015

Our Women Techmakers Manila event this year was composed of 100% women speakers and around 80% women participants. We had more workshops this year (Python, Data Visualization, Hour of Code, Google Sites, and more).

Google I/O 2015 Extended Roadshow

Aside from the usual I/O Extended Viewing Party, this year, we brought the Google I/O experience to different cities. The Google I/O Extended Roadshow is a series of workshops and talks centered around the technologies announced during Google I/O 2015. We went to Pampanga (July 4), Manila (July 11), Batangas (July 18), Albay (July 25), Camarines Sur (July 26), and Cavite (August 1).

GDG DevFest Philippines 2015

GDG DevFest Philippines was composed of two days (for the first time) of hands-on workshops. Day 1 was focused on Android & VR (Android M, Firebase, Material Design, Cardboard) while Day 2 was focused on Web (Poymer, Firebase, Material Design, Gemma Kit, and more).

Android Masters

Android Masters is a collegiate inter-school Android app development challenge open to all universities and colleges across the Philippines. The main objective of the program is to encourage students to develop their creative app ideas and publish it to Google Play Store.

This is the first time we organized Android Masters. There were 72 entries in the Utility/Productivity and Games categories.

GDG HackFair Philippines 2015

GDG Philippines organized the first GDG HackFair in the Philippines this year. GDG HackFair Philippines 2015 is an interactive two-day event where App/Website/IoT projects were created using Google Technologies are given the opportunity to showcase their projects. Thirty teams were selected as exhibitors in the HackFair held on December 19-20.

In preparation for HackFair, we had a GDG Philippines HackTime on December 5. We had talks and workshops about Design, Arduino & Gemma Kit, Android Wear, Firebase, and Polymer.

Other Events

• Google Cardboard Hackathon and Google Cardboard 101
• Polymer Polytechnic Philippines
• Android Dev Summit Extended
• Android Marshmallow Workshop
• Beginner Android Game Development Workshop
• AngularJS Code Camp
• GDG Campus Roadshow: Philippine Christian University
• GDG Campus Roadshow: St. Paul University Quezon City
• GDG Campus Roadshow: UST

2016 Plans

Next year, we will be conducting Study Jams, Women Techmakers: Manila, Google I/O 2016 Extended (hopefully with another roadshow), GDG DevFest Philippines 2016, GDG HackFair/HackTime, and more talks and hands-on workshops on Android (and Android N!), Android Wear, Polymer, Firebase, Google Cloud, Material Design, and other Google technologies. For updates on our events, add us in your Google+ circles or check our website at http://gdgph.org.

GDG HackFair Philippines 2015

Join our year-end event and the first HackFair in the Philippines: GDG HackFair Philippines 2015. HackFair is an interactive two-day event where thirty App/Website/IoT that were created using Google Technologies are given the opportunity to be featured.

GDG HackFair Philippines 2015 will be on December 19-20, 2015 at the Mind Museum, Bonifacio Global City. Witness the Top 30 apps/website/IoT, listen to exciting speakers, and participate in fun activities. Register now at http://hackfair.gdgph.org

Update: Here is the list of the exhibitors for GDG HackFair Philippines 2015:

GDG Philippines HackTime

GDG Philippines is organizing the first GDG HackFair Philippines on December 19-20, 2015. Do you already have an idea but don't know how to start? GDG Hackfair Philippines 2015 presents Hacktime! Jumpstart your idea by joining GDG Philippines Hacktime, a whole day event where you can learn how to create a mobile app, web, IOT, robotics or a mix of the cool technologies and stuff.

See you at Hacktime happening on December 5 at Globe Corporate Showroom, Ground Floor, Valero Telepark, No. 111, Valero Street, Makati City (Map). Register now at http://hacktime.gdgph.org.

Agenda for GDG Philippines HackTime

Android Dev Summit Extended

The inaugural Android Dev Summit was held on November 23-24 in Mountain View, California. Android Dev Summit was an event for Android developers to learn from technical sessions and network with the Android team. GDG Philippines will be organizing an Android Dev Summit Extended event on December 12, 2015 (08:00 AM to 05:00 PM). We will be watching the keynote and other videos from the Android Dev Summit. There will be short talks and hands-on codelabs afterwards. Bring your computers and Android devices. We will also be bringing a few phones (on Marshmallow) and smartwatches for the workshop and to test your apps.

If you are interested to learn and do hands-on codelabs, fill up the form here. We will be sending confirmation emails by December 5, 2015.

GDG HackFair Philippines

Do you have projects using Google technologies or do you want to develop something awesome? Do you want the chance to showcase them? GDG Philippines is organizing the first GDG HackFair Philippines on December 19-20, 2015.

Submit your mobile, web, or IOT projects on or before December 12. This is open to everyone: professionals and students (grade school to college students). We will be selecting projects in Health, Education, Productivity, Music, Arts and Culture, and Social Impact. Selected projects will be invited for the exhibit and mini-conference.

To help you in your projects, we will also do GDG HackTime events. In Manila, our HackTime will be on December 5. There will be talks about different Google technologies and time for hands-on development.

Registration for GDG HackTime and submission for GDG HackFair will be opened in the next few days. Add us on Google+ for updates.

Please check details about HackTime and HackFair at http://hackfair.gdgph.org.

Update: Application for GDG HackFair Philippines is now open!

Android Masters Finals

We held the finals of Android Masters on October 23, 2015 at PLDT Innnolab. Congratulations to the winners of this year's Android Masters!

Our winner for the Games Category is Space Voyage from Team B, De La Salle University Dasmariñas (Games Category).

The Productivity/Utility Category winner was Crime Chase from JaguarTech, University of the Cordilleras.

Thanks to our judges, sponsors, volunteers, and participants who joined Android Masters 2015!

Android Marshmallow Workshop

Android 6.0 Marshmallow has already started rolling out to devices. Have you updated your apps for it? We are a conducting a workshop on October 21 to help you run and test your apps on Android Marshallow. We're bringing some devices running on Android Marshmallow. Please bring your machines (with Android Studio or your IDE and your app/code that you will test).

The Android Marshmallow Workshop will be held at Bitspace Makati (6/F PDCP Bank Centre, Rufino cor. Leviste St., Salcedo Village, Makati City) on October 21 (7:00 to 9:00 in the evening)

If you are interested to attend, please fill up our registration form here.

GDG DevFest Philippines 2015

We held our GDG DevFest Philippines on October 16-17, 2015.

On the first day which was focused on Android & VR, there were hands-on workshops on Android 6.0 Marshmallow, Android Basics, Firebase, Material Design, and Google Cardboard.

The second day of was focused on Web. Participants joined hands-on workshops on Polymer, Firebase, Material Design Lite, HTML5 Game Development. There was also a Gemma Kit workshop on Day 2.

Thanks to everyone who joined us! Check more posts and updates about GDG DevFest Philippines 2015 at http://devfest.gdgph.org. See you in our next events!

Android Masters Preliminary Judging

Last night was the preliminary judging for Android Masters held at PLDT Innolab. Android Masters is a collegiate inter-school Android app development challenge.

The judges for the Productivity/Utility Category were:

• Darth Vidar, Mobile Client Software Development Manager, Voyager Innovations, Inc.
• Ely Apao, UX Manager, OLX Philippines
• Mike Pua, Software Engineer, Orange & Bronze Software Labs Inc.

The judges for the Game Category were:

• Luna Cruz, Creative Director and Co-founder, Altitude Games
• Paul Pajo, Developer Evangelist, SMART Communications
• Philip Cheang, Co-founder and Creative Director, By Implication

And the finalists are...

The five finalists for the Game category are Healing Touch from Asia Pacific College, Kuvio from University of Cordilleras, Silang Revolt from Asia Pacific College, Space Voyage LITE from De La Salle University Dasmariñas, and SYNC from De La Salle University Dasmariñas.

The five finalists for the Utility Productivity Category are Crime Chase from University of Cordilleras, ShareZone from De La Salle University-Manila, StimuBrain from University of Cordilleras, Universal Presentation Remote Controller (UPRC) from PHINMA - University of Pangasinan, and XYZbeta from Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

Below are all the entries to the Android Masters competition:

The finals will be held on October 23. If you want to join and watch the pitching and the app demos, register at http://androidmasters.gdgph.org.

Beginner Android Game Development Workshop

Join us on the afternoon of September 12 for a Beginner Android Game Development Workshop. This will be at Jose Rizal University. Please sign up at https://goo.gl/kLR4rf if you are interested to join and learn.

Check the Google+ events page at https://plus.google.com/events/cq5an65addacc8kd0eccltejkr8 and our Google+ page for updates.

GDG DevFest Philippines 2015

Update: GDG DevFest Philippines 2015 has been moved to October 16-17.

GDG DevFest Philippines 2015 will be on September 28-29, 2015 (Venue TBA). Day 1 will be Android and VR and Day 2 will be on Web. GDG DevFest is a community-organized event that provides the opportunity for developers to learn about Google technologies and other developer products. There will be hands-on sessions especially on new technologies like Android M, Firebase, Material Design, Polymer, and more.

This event is free but slots are limited. If you want to attend, please go to http://devfest.gdgph.org/p/registration.html. Add our Google+ Page in your circles and check the events website at http://devfest.gdgph.org for details.

Android Masters

We're launching Android Masters, a National Inter-School Android App Development Challenge.

Android Masters is a collegiate inter-school Android app development challenge. It is open to all universities and colleges across the Philippines. The main objective of the program is to encourage students to develop their creative app ideas and publish it to Google Play Store.

If you are interested to join Android Masters, you can check more details at our website at http://androidmasters.gdgph.org/

Google I/O 2015 Extended Pampanga

GDG Philippines, in cooperation with GBG Angeles and Pampanga Dev Group, held Google I/O 2015 Extended Pampanga on July 4 at Holy Angel University. This is the first leg of our Google I/O 2015 Extended Roadshow, a series of workshops and talks centered around the technologies announced during Google I/O 2015.

We had welcome talk from Wilson Concepcion (Dean of CITT of HAU) and a keynote from Paul Pajo of Smart DevNet.

Wilson Concepcion welcoming the participants

Paul Pajo tells the participants it's a great time to be a developer

The morning talks included Google Cardboard (Benj Tupas), Google Translate Community (Celine Barrozo), Android Masters (Wayne Manuel), and short talks from sponsors. We also had booths for Android One and Google Cardboard.

Benj on Google Cardboard

Celine on Google Translate Community

Wayne on Android Masters Challenge

In the afternoon, there were three break-out workshops: Design Thinking Workshop with Toni-Jan Keith Monserrat, Polymer and Google Maps Javascript API with Wayne, and Android Workshop with Jomar Tigcal.

TJ on Design Thinking Workshop

Wayne on Maps APIs

Jomar on Android

The participants of Google I/O 2015 Extended Pampanga

Other legs of the Google I/O 2015 Extended Roadshow include Manila (July 11), Batangas (July 18), Albay (July 25), Camarines Sur (July 26), and Cavite (August 1). Please check http://ioextended.gdgph.org for details about the events.

Google I/O 2015 Extended Roadshow

Google I/O is Google's annual developer conference, where they share the latest products and technologies. For the past years, GDGs worlwide organize I/O Extended live viewing parties. This year, we're bringing the I/O experience to different cities and help the professional and student developers deep dive in the new technologies. The Google I/O Extended Roadshow is a series of workshops and talks centered around the technologies announced during Google I/O 2015.

The schedule of our I/O Extended Roadshow is:

• July 4: Pampanga (TBA)
• July 11: Manila
• July 18: Batangas (TBA)
• July 25: Albay (TBA)
• July 26: Camarines Sur (TBA)
• August 1: Cavite

We're still finalizing the agenda, registration, and other details. Add GDG Philippines in your Google+ circles for updates about our events.

GDG Baguio is also organizing I/O Extended events in Baguio (June 20), Nueva Ecija (June 24), and La Union (July 11). Add their Google+ page in your Google+ circles for updates.

GDG Bacolod will have their I/O Extended on July 4. Add them in your Google+ circles for updates.

Please check http://ioextended.gdgph.org for details and add GDG Philippines in your Google+ circles for updates.

Google I/O 2015 Live

Excited for Google I/O 2015? Google I/O is Google's annual developer conference, where they share the latest products and technologies. If you are not attending in person or one of the I/O Extended events worldwide, you can watch I/O Live at the I/O Website (http://events.google.com/io2015).

The schedule for Google I/O 2015 is now available at https://events.google.com/io2015/schedule. The schedule for the live-streamed sessions can be found here (Day 1) and here (Day 2)

GDG Campus Roadshow: UST

GDG Philippines went to University of Santo Tomas (UST) on May 2, 2015 for our next GDG Campus Roadshow. In cooperation with UST Society of Information Technology Enthusiasts (SITE), we organized a Polymer Workshop at UST Engineering Conference Hall.

Wayne Manuel, GDG Philippines community manager, talked about Polymer and facilitated a Polymer Code Lab.

AngularJS Code Camp

GDG Philippines, in cooperation with Devcon Philippines, Manila AngularJS Developer conducted an AngularJS Code Camp at co.lab xchange last April 25.

Wayne Manuel, GDG Philippines community manager, and Benj Tupas, GDG Bacolod Community Manager, facilitated the whole-day event.

Google I/O 2015 Extended Manila

Can't go to San Francisco to attend Google I/O 2015? Get the I/O experience by attending Google I/O Extended events being organized by Google Developers Group worldwide.

The Manila I/O Extended event will be held in Globe Corporate Showroom, Valero Telepark, No. 111 Valero Street, Makati City. (Map: http://bit.ly/Map-ValeroTelepark) on May 28-29 (08:00 PM of May 28 to 05:00 AM of May 29).

Take the awesome opportunity to connect with other local talented developers and watch the keynote and other sessions live. We'll also have a short program before the keynote (more details to be announced soon). If you are interested to join this event, fill up the form below

Add GDG Philippines in your Google+ circles for updates about this event and our other events.

Polymer Polytechnic Philippines

Polymer is a new kind of library, built atop Web Components, that enables developers to create their own encapsulated, custom HTML elements. With Polymer and Web Components, we can componentize the web! Polymer Polytechnic is an event series of in-person, community-run events to help developers learn Polymer. These events are run by local Google Developer Groups or other developer meetups all over the world.

Polymer Polytechnic Philippines will be on March 21 at De La Salle University. If you want to learn more about Polymer and join this event, fill up our registration form below

Women Techmakers Manila 2015

Happy International Women's Day!

This year, GDG Philippines is organizing another Women Techmakers event on March 28, 2015. The goal of the event is to empower women to pursue their dreams and build tools that will change the world. There will be talks, code labs, and breakout sessions from different women speakers.

If you are interested to join the event, check the registration, agenda, and other details at the events website (http://womentechmakers.gdgph.org). Aside from Manila, GDG Baguio and GDG Cagayan de Oro are also organizing Women Techmakers in their cities.

Women Techmakers Manila Pre-Event Survey

GDG Philippines is organizing another Women Techmakers event this year.

To help us plan, please fill up the pre-event survey below. You can also fill up the form here.

For updates about Women Techmakers Manila 2015 and our other events, add GDG Philippines in your Google+ circles.

Google Cardboard Hackathon

GDG Philippines and Globe Labs are inviting everyone to join the weekend Google Cardboard Hackthon on January 31 to February 01, 2015.

Google Cardboard is a low­cost virtual reality viewer that transforms a phone into a basic VR headset. Cardboard is just cardboard, some velcro, plastic lenses, two magnets, and a rubber band. With Cardboard and your phone, you can visit new places play immersive games, fly through space, and more.

The categories for the Hackathon are Education, Travel/Culture (Philippines), Gaming, and Retail. There is also a special category for apps developed for Ayala Museum. For details about the event, check out http://developer.globelabs.com.ph/feed/29.

If you are interested to join the hackathon, register at bit.ly/globelabshack.

Android Fundamentals Study Jams

GDG Philippines is organizing a seven-week Android Fundamentals Study Jams on February-March 2015. This is part of the Google Developers Study Jams, free series of global, community-run, in-person study groups. The first jam session is presented in partnership with Udacity and will follow their Android Fundamentals curriculum. This series will be led by certified Google Developer Group facilitators.

For the GDG Philippines Android Study Jams, there will be a total of seven Saturday sessions. The first six sessions will be for the six lessons of the course (one lesson per week). Each session, we will have a short discussion of the lesson for the week (questions, challenges, etc) and participants can work on their individual projects. (For each week's sessions, participants should have already finished the lessons for the week.) The seventh session will be for the presentation of final projects.

Date: Every Saturday from February 07 to March 21
Time: 01:00 PM to 05:00 PM
Venues: See FAQ below

If you are interested in joining the Study Jams sessions, please fill up the form here. You would also need to join the Google Developers StudyJam Group on Udacity. Please start/continue with the Android Fundamentals Course and attend the Study Jams!

Frequently Asked Questions

Android Fundamentals Study Jam: Pre-Event Survey

GDG Philippines is organizing a seven-week Android Fundamentals Study Jams on February-March 2015. This is part of the Google Developers Study Jams, free series of global, community-run, in-person study groups. The first jam session is presented in partnership with Udacity and will follow their Android Fundamentals curriculum. This series will be led by certified Google Developer Group facilitators. Official sign up for the Study Jam will be through http://www.googledevelopersstudyjams.com/, which will open on January 2015.

In the Android Fundamentals Study Jam, there will be a total of seven sessions (6 sessions for the 6 lessons and one for final projects sharing). For each week's sessions, participants should have already finished the lessons for the week. Each session, we will have a short discussion of the materials for the week followed by discussions around the lessons (questions, challenges, etc). After that, participants will be working on their individual projects.

Details about GDG Philippines Android Fundamentals Study Jams will be announced soon. If you are interested in joining the Study Jam sessions, please fill up the form here.