Accident Alert: A Summer of Hacks 2014 Story
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Accident Alert : A Summer Of Hacks Story Matthew Morris Secret Weapon @matmorris Shaun Holmes Secret Weapon @ShaunHolmless Christopher Alun Lewis Code Breaker @ChrisAlunLewis
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On the weekend of the 26th and 27th July, London held the 2014 Summer of Hacks event. The event was a great opportunity for technology enthusiasts to pitch an idea for a Salesforce app or feature, and then team up with designers and developers to hack it out over a 48hr period. Local development consultancy Desynit sent along three representatives (all Bristol DUG members) Matthew Morris, Shaun Holmes and Christopher Lewis. At the event, they formed team "Accident Alert", building a highly interactive health and safety app, designed to be used directly in Salesforce1. Following a hectic weekend, the team were super pleased with the resulting app, and so were the judges at the event, awarding them first prize (and a giant novelty cheque to boot!) :D Through these slides, see the whole story behind the hackathon experience from team Accident Alert, including pitching the idea, best strategies for quick development, and survivial techniques (red bull + chicken burgers essential).
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Accident Alert : A Summer Of Hacks Story
Matthew MorrisSecret Weapon
@matmorris
Shaun HolmesSecret Weapon
@ShaunHolmless
Christopher Alun Lewis
Code Breaker@ChrisAlunLewis
The Summer of Hacks 2014
Accident AlertTeam made up of three local Bristol
Salesforce professionals from Desynit
Two secret weapons and one developer
A mobile first application to record health and safety concerns and issues in the workplace
Enough Chat.... How about a DEMO!!
Friday PM: Arrival + Pitches Sign in, meet other devs + enthusiasts
42 quick fire, 1 minute presentations of ideas
Pitches from Matt and Shaun
Secondary round, 7 word pitches
Teams formed (including Accident Alert)
Let the hacking begin!
1st phase: initial designStarted design with minimum viable product in
mind
No diving onto devices, collaborative and paper based
Primary emphasis on built in platform functionality + clicks
2nd phase: “App” on Salesforce1Simple app with a few objects set up in a
developer edition
Data model designed and implemented together as a team
Basic click customisations we already had a submission!
3rd phase: Adding customisations
GPS to determine location of incident (Salesforce co-ordinate fields)
Visual map of injuries (VF page)
Improved usability by tidying up the flow of the application
Final touches and pitchDemo ready early, focus shifted to the pitch
and surrounding concept documentation
App and concept presented to judging panel.
3 Minutes
“Show the app, not the slides”
WE WON!!!
Why we wonGood work ethic, working closely together
Solid Business Case
Concentrated on Salesforce technologies
Always thinking from the users point of view
What we learned about developing“Hacking” – building apps over a short time
period with a dedicated team is a highly effective
Always be conscious of the original project aim, and what the customer (potentially) wants
Salesforce 1 is very powerful, but app flow does require refinement
We are ready to start developing for the app exchange
Why go to a Salesforce hackathon?Great opportunity to put your skills to the test
Building something great in a short space of time
Fantastically run events (Bemyapp + Salesforce)
Meet enthusiastic technology enthusiasts and coders
Have fun!
Thanks!
Questions?
