I am a software engineer that loves to hike. I would like to gather other software/hardware types that ditch their laptops and head to the trails together. We will have common ground exploring uncommon trails. The day hikes will take place in the Santa Monica Hills, Angeles National Forest. There might be Overnight trips in Death Valley and Joshua Tree. Suggestions welcome. So join if you want to be able to namedrop a regex, or debate correct usage of tabs vs spaces with your fellow hikers witho …

Since 2010 LeanLA has helped Los Angeles tech entrepreneurs build successful businesses by learning and practicing Lean Startup techniques. We are smart and driven high tech entrepreneurs that have learned how to discover customers and build products that they want. Our startups achieve sucess faster that most because we get out of the building to talk to customers, use agile software development to decrease time to market and leverage continuous deployment to learn as fast as possible.  This is …

Are you looking for new and innovative ways to build a profitable business model and emerging brand during tough economic times to gain funding, partners, investors,customers, evangelists, etc? The founders of this group are seasoned business strategists, brand strategists, venture capital and finance experts, website, internet marketing & business planning experts that desire to get your product,service,website, software, invention, or company growing. Learn how to acquire customers, investors, …

This group provides a free forum where by Java users can discuss different topics in Java, software design as it pertains to Java, and methodologies as they pertain to Java. The format of the meets is a group discussion where we encourage everyone to participate. Usually the group focuses on a selected section in a book or some other media format of choice. Everyone is welcome to attend regardless of one's current experience level in area of Java Software Development.

This group is for software developers working with spatial or location enabled platforms. We aim to be platform and vendor neutral. Technologies we may discuss include: ESRI, Google Maps, Bing Maps, iPhone, the OSGeo stack, Open Street Map, SimpleGeo, and Social Location APIs from Foursquare, Gowalla, Brightkite, Twitter, Facebook, etc. All levels of developers are welcome, from seasoned GIS professionals to those new to geospatial or mobile location development. We are open to creative input …

Los Angeles Hack Night at SPIRE.IO   A bi-weekly hack night for anyone wanting to learn a programming language, hack on a software or hardware project, socialize with other developers, play ping pong, etc. We frequently see people learning and hacking on software projects using Ruby, Python, Node, JavaScript, etc. and hardware projects using Arduino. Our members include beginners working through the Learn Code the Hard Way exercises as well as experienced developers working on side projects.   B …

Have you wanted your volunteer hours to count on your resume? Are you an IT professional and want to get involved in Agile Software Development and Scrum methodologies? Are you currently participating and want to augment and refresh your skills? Would you like to become a Certified Scrum Master? Are you certified and want to evangelize? If you answered yes to any of these questions then join our group. We hold monthly networking meetings and run volunteer scrum projects online. …

We are a group of people in the San Fernando Valley / Los Angeles area who love and use a variety of programming languages: Python, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Perl, Java, Clojure, Objective-C, C++, C#, C and many more. This group is for Software Developers only!

SCQAA San Fernando Valley enables members to share quality practices, principles, concepts, ideas, and methods through meetings, seminars, workshops and networking events. All IT professionals will enjoy this group and earn PMI PDUs and QAI recertification credit. Join us and help lead the way to better quality software.

This meetup is my attempt at pulling together a team of creative and talented game developers. We will discuss and pool together some of our best ideas and work towards seeing them to fruition. To note, this group is not purely devoted to game design. If you have an idea for an application, piece of software, or website this group can help make it happen.     Follow us at Facebook.com http://www.facebook.com/pages/Independent-Game-Design/130182790361850

… We have many projects (Many video games, internet television shows, movies, software, Music and more!!) where we are searching for believers to work and join with us with a future goal to help every believer eventually be able to make and earn a living using their gifts and talents, instead of having to go into the world to earn a living. These projects are voluntary for now, but for sure will get you a lot of exposure if you are faithful, humble, willing to follow instructions (God has given us …

Join us at Los Angeles's biggest meetup for web application developers (software engineers who build websites). Our purpose is to create a thriving developer community in Los Angeles, promote a free exchange of information and connect with each other at bi-monthly (or so) events. Our events are presentation style. Guests from the community present tips, tricks, new methods, frameworks, tools or anything else interesting to web application development. Our events are hosted by local companies …

The Los Angeles Coding Dojo brings software programmers together to hone our skills and broaden our knowledge through practice, collaboration and sharing.

LA is a big place and it can be really hard to find others that work in the tech industry, interested in learning how to code or hack on some hardware. It's especially hard to find other women who are into tech. LAdy Tacos is for women in LA interested in and/or working in technology to get-together to hack on software and hardware, mentor each other and help increase the number of women in tech. You need to be a woman, interested in tech and have a sense of humor.

Serving Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley, MacValley is a registered Apple User Group dedicated to bringing you the latest information on Apple hardware, software and related subjects.   MacValley was founded in June 1985 and currently has over 50 members. Our annual membership starts at only $25 and entitles you to many member benefits! Please visit our website for more details.   Visit the MacValley website by clicking here.   Find MacValley on facebook by clicking here.   Follow MacValley …

… From software development to legal tips to public relations...we address the topics startups need to know about to stay on the right track. Inspire Series =============== We invite speakers who have "been there & done that" to share about their journey and experiences. Hacker Jelly =============== Once a month, we'll try to host a "Jelly" where we just get together for a day and hack on our projects. If you're not familiar with Jelly, just google it and read more. In a nutshell, …