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).  

The DC Health 2.0 STAT meetup is a venue for Health 2.0 practitioners in the greater DC metro area to meet, share with and learn from colleagues dealing with similar challenges and issues. Our ultimate and driving mission is to contribute to the healthcare system innovative ways to use technology - with a focus on the patient or constituent. Technologies and topics we will cover include, but are not limited to: * Web 2.0 and 3.0 * Social media platform technology (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, et …

If you develop software for a living, you need at least one "dynamic" language in your toolkit. Languages that make it easy to do meta-programming are invaluable for many types of problems. If you are a Java developer or you develop software for the JVM, there are compelling reasons for investing in Groovy and the numerous Groovy-based frameworks -- Grails, Griffon, Gradle, Spock, Gaelyk, etc. The purpose of this group is not to promote the Groovy language and frameworks over some other t …

IT Networking professionals who are interested in discussing the newest networking technologies: WAN acceleration, cloud acceleration, software-defined networks, Openflow, content-distribution networks, cloud networking-as-a-service, etc. Will try to bring in vendors, such as Cisco, Riverbed, Palo Alto, cloud companies, etc.

… All software developers of every stripe are hereby extended an invitation to participate in the discussion or just come and see what all this ALT.NET stuff is about.

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.

Meet, share ideas and learn about Lean Start-up efforts from local entrepreneurs. The initial meeting is intended to discuss the feasibility of a Tysons Corner Lean Start-up group, given that there is already an active group in Washington DC. Can another group exist without diluting the DC group? Lean Startup is a set of processes used by entrepreneurs to develop products and markets, combining Agile Software Development, Customer Development and existing software platforms.

This Washington DC group is for everyone interested in Web Design, Graphics, Software Development as well as in networking, building online businesses and achieving one's Big Dream. Sometimes only a few web designer show up, therefore, we collaborate with similar groups which will meet at this same event for more new contacts, better networking, fun and mutual support. We appreciate the awesome leadership of Jonathan Perrelli, Adam Z and others at thefort.vc and foster.ly to facilitate entrepren …

… The Drupal Technology Meetup is a resource for the growing community -- including professionals in other industries, developers, students, designers, graphic artists, IT technicians and engineers, recruiters, employers, entrepreneurs and technologists -- who want to know about Drupal website software, and related technologies, with networking mixers, discussions, demo's and training workshops. We look forward to growing and evolving together!  

Affiliated with the DC Lotus User Group (DCLUG), we are IT professionals in Washington, DC and the surrounding region working with IBM Lotus Software (Notes/Domino, Quickr, Connections, Sametime, etc.)

… In 2010, we'll have guest speakers; discounts on books, education, and software; mixers; and discussions. We're open to suggestions. What do you need to succeed? Classes? Meetings? Online/Offline resources? Networking events? Let us know and look for new opportunities with the DC Metro Area CISSP Meetup Group. You can find out more about the CISSP here: http://www.isc2.org <---------------- If you have any questions, contact me, Chris Penick, by clicking that little email me link …

This is a book club aimed at reading books of interest to IT professionals, especially software developers. Not hard core technical books, but instead the sort of book that you could sit down and read cover to cover in two to four hours, such as Joel on Software, The Cathedral & the Bazaar, Dreaming in Code, etc. [And maybe a single language review book per year] We'll meet at some coffee shop, bookstore or cafe in Takoma Park or Silver Spring near a metro stop. Our group image is an CC xkcd ill …

Do you get excited about limiting WIP, visualizing workflow, and self-organizing teams? Would you like to meet others like yourself and learn even more about Lean? Then join us for an interdisciplinary look at all things Lean, Kanban, Six Sigma, TPS, or Personal Kanban even. You should come if you : * have heard about Lean and want to know more * are trying to implement Lean thinking at your organization and could use some advice and guidance * know a lot about lean and would lik …

Meet other Macintosh enthusiasts at our monthly General Meeting. Anyone can attend. Come to learn about Apple hardware and software in the company of other Mac and Apple mobile devices users. A grand opportunity to make new friends who share a common passion: Macintosh computers and other Apple products.Visit us online at http://www.wap.orgJoin us on our Facebook Fan page here http://ow.ly/2n2EDor Follow us on twitter here http://www.twitter.com/wap_org

Join us and meet other SproutCore and JavaScript developers to share knowledge, review the state of the art, and dream up new applications. SproutCore is an HTML5 application framework for building responsive, desktop-caliber apps in any modern web browser, without plugins. SproutCore works by doing the only thing that can truly eliminate the latency problem: it moves your business logic to the client. SproutCore applications are full-fledged programs, written in JavaScript. That JavaScript e …

This group connects government IT professionals who manage Apple devices for the purpose of sharing information, experiences and best practices. We'll meet informally each month face to face and continue our mutual support online between meetings.