San Francisco Hackathon January 2012

Developers in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley, you can create cool hacks with and on Wikipedia. Our first San Francisco hackathon is happening Jan. 20-22, and we'll be there teaching you about MediaWiki (our software), about our API and about our framework for JavaScript feature development. Learn to reuse Wikipedia content in your own apps, create new functionality for every Wikipedia user around the world, or just tailor your own experience.

Topics, Goals, & Outcomes


Here are the things we aim to focus on at the hackathon:


 * The MediaWiki API and how to use it (introducing the query sandbox)
 * Gadget kitchen -- how to whip up a gadget to do what you want with Wikipedia
 * Building Wikipedia Mobile apps

Venue
pariSoma is a coworking and hacking space in downtown San Francisco.

Friday
Starts Friday evening (optional).

Saturday

 * How to start hacking MediaWiki (workshop)
 * How to use Wikipedia's API (workshop)

Attendees
If you want to come, just edit this page and put your name here. A formal registration process will be announced soon.


 * Sumana Harihareswara
 * Erik Moeller
 * Tfinc 02:09, 30 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Karen Rustad
 * Pete F (interested, will need to confirm availability closer to the date.)
 * Add your name here

Accommodation
All hotels are also in walking distance of many city attractions.
 * Some San Francisco information for visitors: Visiting San Francisco

Contact

 * Mail: sumanah at wikimedia dot org
 * Panic Phone for emergencies:
 * Program coordination:
 * Logistics:
 * Assistant: