The Erlang User Group is a group of Erlang Enthusiasts who are interested in sharing their knowledge and meeting people who share similar interests. The group is open to Erlang Architects, Programmers, Project Managers, Software and Platform Innovators, and existing Erlang users as well as Erlang newbies and anyone interested in Erlang. We arrange and promote regular events involving Erlang including free seminars and workshops, followed by the customary Erlounge.

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 …

The London Ajax User Group is London's largest group of Ajax, JavaScript, and HTML5 developers. Started in 2010, the group has events at least once a month to discuss all things interesting in the desktop and mobile web world. Meetups, panels, conferences, and pubs. We meet the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 18:00 at the Skills Matter office. For the larger events we can accommodate approximately 125 guests. Hosts include Dylan Schiemann (Dojo, SitePen, and CometD), Piotr Zalewa (MooTools, JSFidd …

Herts. & Essex Techies is a group for folks interested in I.T. and Software Development. The group is not focussed on any one specific technology and we encourage members with a diverse background: from Java, .NET, Android, iPhone, Ruby, etc. with interests in Cloud Computing (Google, Microsoft, Amazon, etc.). The group aims to provide a regular opportunity for members to discuss and learn about the latest developments in the I.T. industry, share experiences, learn about other technologies and …

Zappers is a peer sharing community designed for those who believe in learning from each other and sharing testing knowledge. Zappers are from all walks of life, some are professional software testers for large international corporations, whilst others are computer science students looking to see how their skills match up, anyone with an interest in software testing would be most welcome to join us. Zappers believe in raising the standard of software testing internationally so most Zappers come …

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 …

What is TechMeetups? TechMeetups has been setup to create a global network of Tech communities from San Francisco to Sydney. We believe that Tech communities are isolated and great things can be achieved if we connect within our cities and outside our borders. Our goal is to create a global Tech cluster of over 50 inter-connected Tech communities by 2013. Our global community started out with the launch of the London Silicon Roundabout Tech community in December 2010. Following it's success in …

What is Techmeetups? TechMeetups has been setup to create a global network of Tech communities from San Francisco to Sydney. We believe that Tech communities are isolated and great things can be achieved if we connect within our cities and outside our borders. Our goal is to create a global Tech cluster of over 50 inter-connected Tech communities by 2013. Our global community started out with the launch of the London Silicon Roundabout Tech community in December 2010. Following it's success in …

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.

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 …

This group has been set up to bring together the collaborators, developers, users and anyone else interested in Elgg. We hope to meet every few months to talk about what's happening, celebrate success, demo new features and generally hang out and network with like minded people.

This is a group for all software developers who are currently using, or who want to become more involved with, CoffeeScript.

Data is growing in size and complexity. Increasing velocity, volume and variety of data are driving new database technologies and techniques of data analysis. NOSQL databases are becoming more popular and widely accepted. This is leading to a disruption in the database market and a fragmentation of database solutions. At DeNormalised we want to bring together people who are interested in keeping up to date with the evolving landscape of data persistance and analysis. Our meetups will consist of …

This group exists for all hackers. The purpose of this group is to promote hackathons and other tech events for software hackers across Europe and register attendance at scheduled meetups. European software developers, hackers and technical founders should join. We run Hackathons across major european cities.

At 7digital we’ve always loved and appreciated the London Developer community. All members of our development team regularly attend events held by groups such as the London .Net User Group, London Software Craftsmanship Community, Agile Evangelists, Extreme Tuesday Club, the various “In The Brain” events at Skillsmatter and many others. We feel it is now our turn to give back to the community and as such we will be hosting free independent, semi-regular evening events at our office, called Devs …

Welcome to the Spring of Code group! The project is based on the ethics of open data, free software, open source and creative commons. So join up, and shout out what's missing from the online tools already out there and how we can make them work better. What happens in a meeting? People meet people, projects get put on socially useful tracks, focus. What happens between meetings? People buddy up on projects, hack, design, get creative and update on site their progress. Where do I ask for help o …

This group is for anyone who is interested in Software Defined Networking, whether your are technical, non-technical business folk, or an entrepreneur… It’s to discuss and debate all things SDN, including; hardware, switching, the OpenFlow protocol, controllers, application concepts, industry hype and reality, use cases, business adoption, and many other things…

This meetup is for software developers, recruiters and employers seeking work/workers in either web or desktop technologies from C#/VB to Node.js, from Scala to Ruby. There are hundreds of great jobs in London and hundreds of fantastic candidates. Currently the system of getting employers and candidates together is inefficient, labour intensive and time consuming. So lets have the recruiters, employers and candidates all meetup together in central London (working on the venue, any suggestions pl …

A regular Meetup group for software developers who care about and take pride in what they do and how they do it.  Modelled on the London Software Craftsmanship Community, I hope to bring some of their success to the Cambridge software community. Software Craftsmanship has grown out of Agile, with many of the leading lights in the Craftsmanship movement being the founders of the Agile movement as well. The Software Craftsmanship Manifesto describes the movement as follows: As aspiring Software Cr …

Architecture begins where engineering ends. (Walter Gropius) Hello fellow architects... This meetup-group is about software-/system-architecture. We will talk about different technologies and different methodologies, discuss current hypes, compare project types, learn from each other's experience, etc. The 'system architect' role is not dead. It is still one of the most important roles in the development of complex software system. When you are building simple applications you might not need a s …

This meet-up group is for anyone who has an interest, works in or wants to learn more about systematic, algorithmic (i.e. automated) or quantitative trading applied to any type of financial instrument including Forex, Indices, Equities, Commodities or indeed anything else that can be traded. This community is open to researchers, recruiters, backtesters, quantitative developers and traders. By establishing this group we hope to: 1. Build a community within which to discuss and exchange of ideas, …

Ad-hoc group of Cambridge tech entrepreneurs getting together  to talk about the Lean Startup methodology and to meet other people in the same eco-system. Come grab breakfast, coffee, (for morning meetups) or beer and NOMS in the evening and hang out. Coffee and beer is excellent and free (sponsored). Follow us on twitter : @leanCambridge We’ll have a low key environment where we can just talk about startups, tech, and the world in general. Whether you come from a large corporate, new to Lean me …

We're a community of UK based cloud accounting software enthusiasts (although if you're from outside the UK you're more than welcome to join and come along!). If you don't know what Xero/Freeagent/SageOne is, they're cloud based accounting platforms which can plug into lots of add-ons (or apps) that make running a small business more efficient. People who love cloud tend to be keen to chat and share experiences so we're setting up some informal events where you can come along, meet fellow enthus …

Profesionales de las tecnologías de la información, hackers expatriados trabajando en el Reino Unido. Nos gustaría reunir a todas aquellas personas que tienen pasión alrededor de las tendencias en tecnologías de la información, ya sea software, sistemas, metodologías, etc. En Londres hay muchos grupos similares, y con éste queremos promocionar y conectar a los profesionales de habla hispana o que están interesados en el español como lengua vehicular. Queremos proponer las actividades que hemos v …

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 …

Who should attend? Practitioners who use or need to use social technology in their roles and in their teams. These meetups are designed for large businesses who are looking to implement or maximise social in their organisations. If you are a small business there may be other more appropriate meetups for your needs. This is the home of the “Social Business Fundamentals” event series. The event will initially kick of in London and run roughly once a month. The events will focus on the challenges …

This is a group for tech start-up entrepreneurs who are interested in becoming a more attractive proposition to a Technical Co-founder by way of learning basic coding skills (such as html, css and javascript), learning coding lingo and making fantastic visualisations that communicate your ideas really effectively. Alternatively, you might just want to meetup with other people learning to write software so as to form study groups at around the same level.

Paddington Lean Coffee is in informal discussion group meeting in the Paddington area of London, UK. We share ideas and insights about Lean and Agile approaches to software development and delivery, using the Lean Coffee discussion format (see http://limitedwipsociety.ning.com/page/lean-coffee)