On the 19th of June 2010, a training workshop was held at Microsoft Singapore for the participants of Code::XtremeApps::, a 24hr competition happening on 23-24 July 2010. Organised by the Information Technology Standards Committee (ITSC), the competition creates awareness on the use and value of standards in programming, and cultivates programming talents and interest in Singapore.
The event was attended by over 90 academics and professionals, as they learnt how to consume available data sets from Project Nimbus. An opening address by John Fernandes spurred the innovators to make full use of the resources that we are providing and not hold back on any interesting ideas which they may have. In addition, they were given a channel to provide constant feedbacks to help us improve.
After a great introduction of Project Nimbus by Yap Neng Giin, who also demonstrated to those present how to access Project Nimbus datasets via .NET, Michael Cheng & Tan Chun Siong showed attendees of the workshop how similar datasets can be consume via PHP & Java through their enriching presentations. The event soon came to an end but only after an interactive Q&A.
Big thanks to those who came & we hope you brought back with you knowledge of how to make use of the data sets we have to create innovative & useful applications.
Here are some pictures of the event:
