This is an invitation to all ISV developers in Indonesia. We will give you a code base (C# and VB.NET) and you have to complete the application to participate in this competition. The best winner will get opportunity to visit Microsoft Development Center in Hyderabad India.
Please get one copy of PCMedia magazine and read the attached little book "Membangun Sendiri Aplikasi Perpustakaan". It is 97 pages book in Bahasa Indonesia contains a step-by-step tutorial on building simple application with .NET Framework 3.5, IIS 7.0, C# and SQL Server 2005 express.
3 Steps to Participate
1. Download the Source Codes
First, you have to download the source codes of this 3-tier simple application from this link. The downloadable zip package contains both C# and VB.NET codes of the application. From architecture point of view, it is very simple. It contains SQL Express data tier, LINQ based Web Service Interface as business tier and UI front-end (ASP.NET and Windows Forms).
2. Read the Tutorial
For experience developers just jump into the source codes directly and make it run (prerequisites softwares are explained in the 1st chapter). For beginner, make sure to following the step-by-step tutorial and get the big picture of the codes. There are 7 chapters in the book to read before you can start develop your own version.
3. Submit your Codes
Once you have followed the tutorial and your application is running well, attach the screenshot of the application and send to developeridol2008@hotmail.com. Make sure you put "Developer Idol 2008" as subject of your email and give your profile info (name, address and KTP #) at the body email. We will reply the email with your participant code (IDOL0001 for example). Participants will get 2 months to complete their application. The final submission deadline is May 20, 2008. My team at Microsoft will select top 3 winners who will get:
- Certificate from Microsoft Indonesia
- One Week Internship at Microsoft Indonesia Developer and Platform Team
- PCMedia voucher for 1Year
- External Disk : 320 GB
The best from these three winners will get opportunity to visit Microsoft Development Center in Hyderabad India.
Hope to see you as the winner !!
Thx - Risman Adnan