[suggestion] Developer workshop?

dENNtoet

Hi guys, 

I have been struggling with this idea for a while now and I wanted to know if people are interested. 
Personally, I think the power of Homey has a big part to do with the community and that it is open source.

I have a background in scripting (primarly using Powershell) but almost 0 in Javascript (did follow the code acadamy tutorial <span></span>) and the frustrating thing for me right now is that I (think) have some pretty cool ideas for new apps but I don't know how to start making them myself. 
I did read the manual for making your first app on Homey but if you do not have any experience with Javascript this can be a bit overwhelming at first. 

Some examples of apps I have in mind:
- Grocery shopping list
- Commands to PC (for example if you say: Ok Homey, turn everything off, that it will put my PC in sleeping mode.)
- Notes/To-Do (I found out that this can be done with IFTTT, but a native Homey app seems better, no delay etc). 
- Android agenda app (Ok Homey, what are my appointments today? Make an agenda item for saturday...)
- Trim string (Ok Homey, will you add HAM to the shopping list -> Trims will you add, to the shopping list so that only Ham comes on the list). 
- Better calendar app (Like the triggers in Windows task scheduler, first friday of the week/month, only these week numbers etc). 

So I was thinking... maybe there are developers who have the time, knowledge and the will to teach people how to start making their own apps so that Homey can become bigger and bigger. 

What do you guys think?

Kind regards,
Dennis

HansieNL

Have you seen this one already? https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHmYxooS8j5YuhAbCP0VxZq44FRy6lGZMBWDt6VKmvINX2Lw/viewform

TedTolboom

@Dennis check with @lubbertkramer

Next week the 2nd developer meetup will take place... topic will be speech.
See (in Dutch): https://athomcommunity.slack.com/archives/C04E9KJAD/p1489760099971073

Could be a suggestion to add as topic for a next meetup.

lubbertkramer

This is on the list indeed but at the evening there is also enough room to talk about this with Athom or other developers on how they handle things/how they starten. The first meetup there where also just started developers.

dENNtoet

Ah man I really wanted to go, unfortunately I am fully booked that day. Will look out for other dates, if there is someone who is willing to give up an evening to help me get on the way please let me know. I live near Alkmaar and don't mind traveling. 

Hedzer

Although I have only little experience with javascript, the language is not that difficult to me. What I am struggling with is the set up of serverside JS. The whole Node.js, github etc is completely new to me. I would really love to attend a workshop explaining how to set up, do's & don'ts etc. Anyone ideas where I can hook up ?

JaapPelt

I would really like to have something like an official wiki where a decent amount of tutorials and documentation would be made available. 

With every new project, I have trouble getting started, but once I'm setup and got my feet wet, I can ditch the opblaasbandjes and swim on my own. Every good, interesting, fun tutorial to get people started would help to expend the community.

At the moment, I'm trying to get started again with web services and web hooks. 

Annemarie

@dENNtoet Hi! Good idea and hopefully you can join the meetups in Utrecht in the future! We would also like to welcome you on our Meet-Up here in Enschede the 29 of April. Maybe one of our developers can take a look at your questions.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2BG35n5-Tj1n2M_fM1MMAXxRrBEm8wZBimzobP7xGnEuiQw/viewform?usp=sf_link#responses