The Ubuntu App Showdown is starting today!

You've probably read it in the news: as part of the ongoing initiative to make Ubuntu a target for app developers, we proudly announced the Ubuntu App Showdown contest last week.

The way it works is simple and the rules are well documented, so I won't go into the details: in short, you've got 3 weeks to create a new app, submit it to MyApps and you can win awesome prizes, including 2 laptops from system76 and a many many Nokia N9 smartphones from the Qt project. So if you've always wanted to start application development in Ubuntu, that's a unique opportunity!

So here's a reminder that the Ubuntu App Showdown is officially starting today, and you've got until the 9th July 2012 to create and submit a cool app according to the rules.

Starting also today, we've got a series of app developer workshops to help you get started with writing your app. Coming up:

Monday 18th June

Session Time
Intro to Python (part 1) 15:00 UTC
Intro to Python (part 2) 16:00 UTC
Getting started with Quickly 17:00 UTC
Intro to Gtk 3/GObject 18:00 UTC
Getting started with Glade 19:00 UTC
Some other important points: I'm personally very excited about the contest. It's been great to see lots of questions and positive reactions over the weekend and I'm really looking forward to see lots of awesome apps coming into the Ubuntu Software Centre!