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- Last Updated: April 24, 2024
- Sara Dornsife
How would you like to win $1 million in a hackathon? Seriously. As you know, Heroku is part of the Salesforce Platform. A platform with a growing developer community and broad range of technologies that developers have used to create amazing solutions. So at Salesforce, we thought we’d cook up a little surprise. OK, a huge surprise: the world’s first hackathon with a single $1 million prize. It’s on. Come to Dreamforce. Build a next generation mobile app. And win a million bucks. Really. What better way to say thank you to our developers than to put on the biggest…
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- Last Updated: September 20, 2013
- Sara Dornsife
Editor's note: This is a guest post from Michael Buckbee of Meta/SpaceGlasses. SpaceGlasses are augmented reality glasses that actually work. They let people control systems with a gesture, see virtual objects on top of the real world and create technology that would make Tony Stark proud. Prior to joining Meta, I had developed and managed a number of high traffic Rails sites. I was brought on to help move the company’s website from a single static launch page to being an e-commerce platform and to help lay the groundwork for the company’s app store. We chose to build on top…
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- Last Updated: April 29, 2024
- Sara Dornsife
The new Heroku platform API is out in public beta. Come join our API team for an API Hack-a-thon on June 20th at Heavybit Industries (9th and Folsom) for an in-depth look. Doors open at 6:00p. This hack-a-thon is not a competition, but an in-depth look at the beta release – a chance for you to ask questions and provide feedback to the Heroku API team. Heroku’s API lead, Wesley Beary, will start the evening with a live presentation on the design and possibilities of the platform API. We will then have until 10:00p to talk to Wesley and the…
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- Last Updated: May 06, 2013
- Sara Dornsife
On 15 May, join Heroku for the London Fork-a-thon, a hack-a-thon-like event (hands-on and live coding), where Heroku engineers will be available to answer any questions you might have regarding Heroku in Europe, and to help you to fork your app to the Europe region. Heroku just announced the release of the Heroku Europe region in public beta. The Europe region runs apps from datacenters located in Europe and offers increased performance for customers located in that region. We're calling this a "fork-a-thon" because fork is the fastest way to move your app to the Europe region. Heroku fork allows…
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- Last Updated: March 26, 2024
- Sara Dornsife
Waza (技) 2013 is only a week away and the schedule is packed with amazing speakers and hands-on craft experiences. We can’t wait to share this day with all of you. If you haven’t yet, register now before it’s too late! This year, Waza will have three stages with a total of 20 talks. The rest of the venue is packed with lounges, co-working spaces, snack and beverage stations, and, thanks to our sponsors, all kinds of interactive, craft-based activities to fuel your creative mind. Hands-on Crafts In addition to our great sponsored happenings, we have quilting, dye-making and printmaking…
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- Last Updated: March 28, 2024
- Sara Dornsife
Waza (技) 2013 is less than a month away and we are excited to have a full lineup of speakers who will be talking about their perspectives on art and technique. In between the talks, take part in an unique blend of conversation and craft through the hands-on workshops led by artisans teaching their trades from origami creations, to take-home woodblock prints, and even a hand-crafted and dyed quilt. Take part in this celebration of skill and making at Waza 2013. Waza Keynotes: Michael Lopp: Rands in Repose Michael has been blogging since 2002 as his alter-ego Rands in Repose.…
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- Last Updated: January 11, 2013
- Sara Dornsife
The Concourse – San Francisco February 28, 2013 Heroku’s Waza (技), the Japanese word for art and technique, is an immersive one-day developer experience focused on craft. Throughout the event you will find technical sessions with added experiences in music, art and technology. The event features technical sessions, hands-on workshops, great food, and traditional music. Registration is now open! Tickets are $300. Last year’s event sold out in a matter of hours. Don’t risk missing out this year — join us for Waza on February 28th, 2013 at the Concourse in San Francisco. We are excited to announce the following…
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- Last Updated: September 19, 2012
- Sara Dornsife
A year ago we we launched Java support with the ability to deploy Maven based Java applications using Heroku’s familiar git based workflow. Many customers, like Banjo, have since taken advantage of the new capabilities and built a wide variety of Java applications on the platform. With the introduction of Java support, we are seeing growing interest from larger enterprises who are often heavy Java users and who are looking for a platform like Heroku to increase the speed of application delivery. Today, we are announcing Heroku Enterprise for Java, a new product that makes it simpler than ever for…
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