This group is for newbies interested in programming world specifically in Java. Whether you are completely new to programming, just started learning or done a bit of programming before this group will help you to learn coding in Java. Study groups are arranged and led by an experienced programmer who will assist you throughout the session. It is practical and easy to follow hands-on introduction to Java. Java Programming requires the use of JDK and an editor. It is necessary for members to bring …

Free beer to meet us at a pub. Turn up, drink and leave, or turn up talk to us about our Open Source Software and see if it's any good. If you like it then please join our Alpha community. SoftwareFM is an Free Open Source project, at Alpha release, that brings a combination of a wiki and a social network for Java developers using the Eclipse IDE, that shows the relevant wiki page for the code you are working on, and shows which of your friends uses that software. This group aim is to create an …

There is a great opportunity in the Information Technology market at the moment. IT Contractors are currently some of the highest paid professionals in the UK. Being an IT Contractor has a great deal of reward associated with it, yet it also has a number of challenges that must be faced and overcome before you can find the success that you desire. This group is about discussing mainly Java Technologies Topics and learn from other members different ways of writing efficient code , how to keep …

What Topics? Java & JEE, Design & DDD, OpenSource.NET, Ajax & RIA, Cloud&Grid, SOA What kind of events? We organise free evening events, which we call In-the-Brain Sessions, through these sessions we hope to give you the opportunity to have a peek in the brain of Technology creators and industry thinkers, shakers and movers! We host various User Group meetings, enabling the community to meet up in our fully equiped premises and share skills and ideas, for example, the London JAVAWUG and .NET Use …

Ember is great. Let's drink some beer and talk about it.

For All Agile enthusiasts either with extensive experience or looking to gain an inside track into the newest techniques being used, or even wanting to know how to introduce formal Agile practises into your business. We'll have regular speakers along with a few social drinks afterward!

A community of people who use tools to grow collaboration throughout their company and aspire to effective product & software development. The group members will share their experiences and help each other grow in their understanding of the possibilities.

JBUG London is a group of people who share a common interest in JBoss software. JBUG is organised and supported by the community, we meet on a regular basis to discuss new technologies, development methodologies, interesting use cases, and other technical topics in friendly and casual atmosphere (usually with some beer and pizza).Our goal is to provide education and help, to promote open source, to network and share real world experiences with other members of the community. If you would like to …

This is a meetup for people who want to participate in the London Haskell User Group LambdaWars project to create a Robo Wars game entirely in Haskell and learn some Haskell in the process.

Meet others interested in developing apps on Google App Engine. This meetup has a strong programming focus, so talks showing working code and workarounds are actively encouraged. Each meetup will have a reasonable amount of time for informal lightning talks to show members' work.

Come and meet other software developers interested in the Scala programming language in the London area. Talks are normally held at Skills Matters on the 2nd Wednesday of the months. We also have a Coding Dojo every 3rd Thursday of the month, the current source code is: https://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/lsug-dojo twitter: @LondonScala and we use the hashtag #lsug We have a chart group at: http://groups.google.com/group/scala-london finally, if you're interested in Scala Jobs then https://grou …

We're Neo Technology, the company that behind Neo4j, the world's leading graph database.  We think graph databases are the future of data storage, because it's so expressive to model interesting connected data in a graph and super fast to query too. Every month we get together with our community (and customers) for fun and informative talk on Neo4J or graphs in general. Whether you're new to the world of graph databases or if you're an experienced graphista, everyone's welcome to join us for a …

We're a bunch of software developers that love to code, play, learn, improve and eat pizza! Every month we meet up in order to practice code katas, clean code, software craftsmanship, pair programming, Test-Driven Development and learn from each other for an hour or two. As it's after work, food and drinks are provided :) If you'd like to learn more about Software Craftsmanship, the best place to start is What Is Software Design? by Jack Reeves. If you'd like more in-depth material, Pete McBreen …

We're a London study group on Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP). SICP is a classic programming text (even if you don't program in lisp) and the breadth and depth of the ideas in the book will certainly improve your craft. But don't take my word for it. Peter Norvig gave a review of it: ".... The book doesn't directly tell you how to design and write an object-oriented program using the subset of object-oriented principles that show up in the syntax of Java or C++. Rather, …

This is the meetup page for acculondon, a chapter of the accu. Please see www.accu.org for more information on the accu.

I decided to start this group because I realised there must be plenty of people working with Liferay, but there's no real way of getting everyone together to talk just Liferay. The group aims to share and discuss all aspects of Liferay, not just development/techie things and supplement the often sparse documentation by getting people together to help each other learn how the system works, as well as to share ideas to feed back for the future of Liferay. Anyone who works with Liferay in any way s …

Group focusing on progressive enhancement, adaptive design, performance and other topics relavent to developing web sites for multiple devices.

Attending Google Atmosphere? Meet up with colleagues and enjoy a coffee at the Chiswell Street Dining Rooms next to the The Brewery in Chiswell Street. Free Wifi courtesy of EE 4G. Look forward to seeing you between 11.30 and 12.15.

Jenkins Jenkins is a Continuous Integration tool developed by Kohsuke Kawaguchi who is currenly working with Cloudbees. Jenkins has boomimg in the market and most of the companies using Jenkins as CI server. Agile software development won't be complete without effective & visible CI and Jenkins fits perfectly into it. London JenkinsCI Users Group London JenkinsCI Users group is a group of IT professionals using Jenkins as a CI server, people want to use/learn Jenkins and people want to share thi …

A chance to meet fellow members using the Play Framework in London

Net Neutrality is a subject that everybody should be aware off. This group will discuss issues which surround the net neutrality subject. We will try to setup a mean to keep track of all information that surrounds net neutrality - especially in the UK.

Meet other local HTML5, Javascript, and Web Developers in London.

This is a community for those who care and are proud of what they do. For those developers, regardless how experienced they are, who want to improve and master their craft. This is a community for those who believe that being average is just not good enough. The Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship As aspiring Software Craftsmen we are raising the bar of professional software development by practicing it and helping others learn the craft. Through this work we have come to value: Not only wo …

We are the Hadoop users group for the UK based in London. We meet monthly for talks and discussion on all topics related to Hadoop. Join if your intrested in learning what Hadoop is, how people are using it with their big data problems, and to meet other people with experience running and coding on Hadoop cluster around London and the UK.

The Graduate Developer Community (GDC) is a community for undergraduates & recent graduates interested in Software Development. It is run by a leadership team comprising members of top technical consultancies, investment banks and the director of RecWorks Ltd, to help bridge the gap between the Academic, Open Source and Commercial worlds of the Software Development community. FAQ What is the GDC? Why was it founded? What goes on in the GDC? Who can join? Is there a fee to Join, is there a fee …

West London programmers! It's time we had our own hack night, without trekking across to Silicon Roundabout. Join us for a monthly night of coding, beer & burgers, and socialising. All skill levels & all languages are welcome - if you like coding, we promise like minds and good times...

An established MeetUp group for people in the UK interested in various aspects of high performance computing (HPC). Including GPU, cloud, cluster and virtualization. From industries as broad as Broadcast, Gaming to scientific and financial. Novices to Experts welcome. Post new ideas for a meetup.

Talk IT is a networking and knowledge share forum for local enthusiasts and industry professionals who want to benefit from insights from sector specialists and networking opportunities which focus on a number of topics across the IT and Development spectrum.