Big Welcome!
Microsoft invites you to a #30DaysofFusion experience for you as a developer to put your skills and passion for technology into action and build a product that will be used by thousands across the globe. This program provides you with a gamified, learning experience for fusion developers to compete in building custom connectors for the power platform based on demand and the Top Connector Asks.
Register Now The programme will start on the 12th of September 2022 to a climax hackathon on the 10th & 11th of October.
Read more on the Microsoft Connector Hackathon Pilot Program on 30DaysofFusion
Introduction
Fusion development
Organizations are embracing the ‘fusion development approach’ to drive digital transformation in their businesses. Today, more than ever, the gap between code first/ traditional developers and citizen developers in software development continues to narrow. A fusion development team brings together Pro Devs, IT admins, citizen Devs, researchers, and business managers to collaborate in building transformative technological solutions.
The Transform your business applications with fusion development learning path provides more details.
But what is a connector?
Simply put, a connector allows Microsoft Power Automate, Power Apps, and Azure Logic Apps to talk to external services through APIs. Citizen developers/ Low code developers need to connect their solutions to external data sources and currently, this is achieved through either of these 3 ways:
1. The use of connectors published by Microsoft to access hundreds of data sources, for example Azure AD, Custom Vision, GitHub, RSS etcetera
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2. The use of connectors built and published by partners who own the underlying services and want Low Code developers to be able to access them which include Africa's Talking, DocuSign etcetera
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3. A community independent contributor is likely to have realized a demand to connect to an external service, and since that connector has neither been published by Microsoft nor a partner, they decide to build their own open-source connector, allowing low code developers access to the services they need.
Today, we have many APIs/ services that are inaccessible to Low Code Developers as their connectors do not exist for be consumption and that is where YOU come in. This hackathon provides you with the skills and resources you need to build your connector that will be published here, and you will be named among one of the Independent Publishers (good for your career portfolio, right?)
Your Program Journey
Fulfilled Expectations after the program
Guided upskill on interaction with APIs (building & deploying APIs on Azure), Understanding Low Code as a Traditional Developer, and Building your very own connector for certification!
What’s next for you to do?
Register for the Program set to kick off on the 12th of September 2022 to a climax hackathon on the 10th & 11th of October.
Read more on the Microsoft Connector Hackathon Pilot Program on 30DaysofFusion
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