Poster

There has been only one thing on my mind from the past one week and that is FLEX BOOT CAMP 2008. Co-ordinating and Volunteering for such a big event in itself gives me great pride.

Inauguration

Adobe in association with MSRIT conducted FLEX BOOT CAMP 2008 on 7th and 8th Nov.There were 700 participants from several different colleges all over Bangalore attending this event.

It was amazing to see the enthusiasm students showed in learning FLEX and AIR.T-shirts,Cds,books and other goodies along with participation certificates were given away to students who attended the event.

7th Nov,2008

Day 1 started with a series of sessions on what Flex is all about.There was a brief introduction on Web 2.0,RIA and the future given by Mr Anantharaman,Director Adobe.

This was then follwed by sessions on introduction to Flex and how to use it.UI and data connectivity presentations were given in the other half of the day.A test was conducted for the students based on what was taught on flex to participate on the hand’s on session and the contest.After all the sessions,it was the final fun session that participants enjoyed the most.Here,the evangelists shot questions to the crowd and won goodies like T-shirts and books.After announcing 100 teams,Hand’s on session followed.

8th Nov,2008

On day 2,100 selected teams were asked to develop an application using Flex within 6 hours time.There were four different applications out of which the teams had to develop one.It was amazing to see how students worked on it.Some skipped Tea-breaks and lunch.One winner and two runners up were selected.Some consolation prizes were also given away.It was Nutan and Aditya from CMRIT who took the winners trophy.Cash prize of Rs.30000/- for winners,Rs 20000/- and Rs 10000/- for runners up were given away.(Corrected:I made a typo by writing 100000/- instead of 10000/- )

Coordinators with Evangelists