I has been busy creating a home automation app for the last couple of weeks and I think it's semi ready for testing.

The project is written in .Net Core and consists of the following components:

 

1. Azure server side

    

   • User portal for IoT management
   • SignalR Hub for the IoT to connect to
   • WebAPI for 3rd party integration (e.g. IFTTT).
2. UWP Raspberry Pi 2/3 client app

I am aware there are a lot of "home automation" solutions out there but most of they require proprietary hardware to work which is less than ideal.

Also I see this as an opportunity to strengthen my programming skills (I'm a software engineer)

As I am still waiting for my Pi 3 to arrive, I want to see if anyone would be interested in testing the app.

What you need:

 

1. A raspberry pi 2 or 3
   

    

   • Some additional hardware to play around would be a bonus
2. An SD card with latest version of Windows 10 IoT core installed and know how to sideload apps
3. Some basic knowledge of JSON
4. Some basic knowledge of .Net

PM me if you are interested.