Announcement: Chrome Webstore Hack Night in London

The Chrome Webstore launches later this year and will be an open marketplace for web apps. We announced the store at Google I/O back in May, and as of last week, you can now access a developer preview of the store. The store will support free and paid apps, and provides a new way for users to find and interact with your web.

Today we are announcing a hands-on London event where developers can learn more about the Chrome Web Store. Details are as follows:

Date: Thursday, September 16, 2010
Time: Signup and refreshments from 6:30pm, official start 7pm
Venue: TechHub, Ground Floor, 76-80 City Rd, London, EC1Y 2BJ, UK (just by Old St station, take Exit 5)
Who should Attend: Web developers who want to learn more about developing apps for the Chrome Webstore
What to Bring: A laptop, preferably with Google Chrome developer channel already installed

We’ll be covering the following, and it’s hands-on, so get your laptops ready:

Web Store Overview

Making a Hosted Web App

Making a Packaged Web App

HTML5 Application Caching and Client-Side Storage

UI Design for Apps

Sign up here

Posted by: Michael Mahemoff, Developer Advocate