Scala is a general purpose programming language designed to express common programming patterns in a concise, elegant, and type-safe way. Scala programs run on the Java VM, are byte code compatible with Java, and can make full use of existing Java libraries or existing application code.

… We will sometimes co-host a joint meeting with the Northern Virginia JUG  (Java User Group). We also have the following resources external to the group meetup site. Check out http://code.google.com for the full list of offerings.

… What this group needs: -Business Intelligence Experts (Preferably with experience in Chronos/Sharepoint/Crystal Reporting) -Project Management Specialists -iPhone Developers -Web Developers -CSS/HTML Specialists (Particularly splicing & coding) -.Net Specialists -AJAX Specialists -JAVA Specialists -Javascript -Networking Specialists -DBA Administrators -Business Lawyer So what do I bring to the table you ask? -A Place to Work -A Network of Financier …

This is the group of Accumulo users and developers local to DC / VA / MD. Accumulo is a scalable, open source BigTable implementation written in Java with cell-level security and server-side processing. Join us!

This group is for Android enthusiast, developers and entrepreneurs. Even if you are new to Android and want to know what all the buzz is about you are welcome. We will meet once a month to listen to guest speakers’ talk about various topics related to Android and then network and socialize.

This meetup group is dedicated to organizing Washington DC -based events for the Alfresco Open Source Enterprise Content Management System (http://www.alfresco.com). Users of Alfresco Open Source Enterprise Content Management to exchange information, code, use cases, case studies, demos, ideas and friends. Leverage the transparency (of code and conduct) and community of Open Source.  The group welcomes technical and non-technical users with the goal of creating a network of people who can be a …

Presentations and discussion of innovations and applications with Lucene & Solr, the Apache Open Source Search Engine/Platform

You in talent acquasition / recruitment? Then this group is for you! Meet other local recruiters, HR professionals, ERE.net members, and hiring managers. Discuss topics including recruiting tactics, eRecruitment, social media, web 2.0/recruitment 2.0, talent management, best & next practices, and building business relationships. Corporate talent acquisition practitioners are especially encouraged to join to share your front line experience. Other Topics of discussion: metrics, recruitment techno …

The purpose of this group is to bring together Clojure users in the Washington DC area.

Rock, Folk, Blues, Pop, Jazz, and sometimes Country! This group thrives on the energy of the live performance of singer-songwriters, classic bands, and up and coming musicians. We often patronize venues without reserve seating; 9:30 Club, Birchmere, Rams Head Live, Jammin Java and the lawns at Wolf Trap, Merriweather Post, and Jiffy Jube Live. Didn't buy an advance ticket online, that means you didn't get ripped off on the service charge. Need a night out with nice people? Sign up last minute an …

The Federal Big Data Meetup group is a community dedicated to promoting the technologies, practices and innovations needed for Federal Government agencies to get maximum value from massive amounts of data. With over 2.5 trillion bytes of data accumulating around the world every day, the Federal Government is at the epicenter of the Big Data revolution. Through an exchange of BIG ideas, education and fresh thinking from Government employees, contractors and technologists, Federal Big Data aims to …

Welcome to the Washington DC Software Craftsmanship User Group! This group is for software developers in the Washington DC area that care about the quality of their work and want to practice and improve their programming skills, share what they know and learn new things from others.     This is a hands-on coding user group with no presentations. Each meeting will be a dojo where we will go through a challenging software craftsmanship exercise that focuses on clean code, test-driven development, …

What is ALT.NET? 1. You’re the type of developer who uses what works while keeping an eye out for a better way. 2. You reach outside the mainstream to adopt the best of any community: Open Source, Agile, Java, Ruby, etc. 3. You’re not content with the status quo. Things can always be better expressed, more elegant and simple, more mutable, higher quality, etc. 4. You know tools are great, but they only take you so far. It’s the principles and knowledge that really matter. The best tools are thos …

We're a group of Hadoop & Cloud Computing technologists / enthusiasts / curious people who discuss emerging technologies, Hadoop & related software development (HBase, Cassandra, Hive, PIG, etc). Come learn from each other, meet nice people, have some food/drink.

Our second meetup group! As we continue to build a community of CQ5 users and developers in NYC we're reaching out to the Washington, DC area where we know there are a fair number of CQ5 installs as well. Would you like to meet others that have implemented CQ5? Share code or tricks, strategy or thoughts? Stay tuned!

Creating a portlet.  Allowing your site to be found in search hits.  Optimizing your Lucene search queries.  Managing your web content.  The opportunities and challenges of implementing an open source portal server in the federal government and commercial spaces.  Covering Liferay and its related technologies (Lucene, jBPM, JackRabbit, SOLR, Alfresco, REST, Velocity).