Another great Windows Phone code camp took place on a weekend (between 3rd and 4th of December, 2011) and this time in the lovely capital of Latvia: Riga. Once again there were many talented developers, designers, managers and mentors, who in cooperation have produced initial versions of 9 amazing Windows Phone applications, such as Latvian Name Days, 3 modifications of Alphabet ninja, Rain Radar for Baltic region, Public transport information for Riga, etc. “Public transport information for Riga” application have received more scores than others and announced as a winner although other applications were also very impressive. I hope that all of them will reach the marketplace in a very near future.
Once again I have played two roles: speaker and mentor. This time I have learned even more than I did during the Windows Phone CodeCamp in Estonia, because this time most of the applications were using latest Mango features and were more technically complex. Many applications have used different types of Push Notifications. Some have used socket programming, video brushes for barcode readings, XNA, SQL CE for data storing and many many more interesting features. I must admit that developers in Riga are very skilled, even younger students have shown amazing skills in programming.
Thank you Microsoft, Agu, Jaana, Valdis, Andres, Latvian .NET User Group and all the participants for such a great event!
