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 …

Let's get together on Friday for Decode Friday. During Decode Friday developers come together to share knowledge and learn about various subjects related to web development in an informal ambiance. Interaction and informality are the focus of these meetups. More information to be announced at www.decodefriday.nl

Hippo Meetup events are meetups organized by Hippo B.V. to facilitate for developers to meet face to face, discuss Hippo open source software and open source related activities, discuss open source software in general and to provide a chance for them to exchange ideas and learn from eachother

This is a group for Software, Web & Mobile Design professionals in The Netherlands, who like to network, grab a drink and have a good time.

Meet other developers using Meteor. Share your knowledge, apps, and get feedback from others. Meteor is an open-source platform for building top-quality web apps in a fraction of the time, whether you're an expert developer or just getting started.

This is a user group for MySQL users. This is the place to meet other MySQL users. It's for DBA's, developers, architects and all other interested users. It's both for experienced users and user who are starting to learn about MySQL and databases in general. It's for users of Oracle MySQL (Community and Enterprise), Percona Server, MariaDB, Drizzle and all other branches and forks. Feel free to suggest locations for the meetups.

This is a meetup group for developers and designers with a passion for Facebook in the Netherlands. Let's get together and develop fun and inspiring Facebook apps! A hackathon serves as the foundation for some great (and not so great) ideas. Join us and have the opportunity to try out new ideas, learn and collaborate with other people in a fun environment.

A english-speaking group for PHP Developers in and around Amsterdam. Our goal is to grow the local community, search for new developers and spread knowledge and resources. Amsterdam is a very active technology center for the Netherlands, many companies and people from various countries have chosen this area to settle down and start their companies. PHP has a big role in this and for that reason we created a User Group focused on this area and in doing activities in english to acommodate all of t …

Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects. It is an amazing opportunity to connect with other passionate and skilled individuals, and perhaps even find a co-founder or two to transform your idea into reality. Check out our website  http://amsterdam.startupweekend.org/ for more info.

The dutch Scala enthusiasts have been organizing regular meetups since 2009 to bring together Dutch Scala developers, experts, speakers, and anyone else interested in learning or teaching about Scala. We have hosted speakers like Jonas Boner, Daniel Spiewak, and even Martin Odersky himself, but mostly we like to serve as a way for the Dutch Scala community to stay in touch and exchange knowledge and opportunities with each other. We are in the process of moving our old Ning site (and all its me …

This is for all Agile enthusiasts either with extensive experience or looking to gain an inside track into the newest techniques being used. Past attendees have also found it particularly useful when wanting to know how to introduce formal Agile practices into their teams! We invite expert speakers, host interactive discussions and enjoy a few social drinks. Please find the two links below for more information about our previous- and upcoming events: http://send.nitromail.co.uk/t/ViewEmail/r/2C …

The purpose of the Agile Amsterdam meetup group is to provide a place where the Agile community in Amsterdam can learn more about Agile and socialize with fellow enthusiasts! For now we aim to have bi-monthly events in which there will be room for a speaker followed by a discussion and drinks. However, every meetup we will learn how to have a better meetup next time and change things around a bit :-)

We like code. We like solving problems. We also happen to like beer (or rather, alcoholic beverages). Come to socialize, network, and meet up with programmer professionals over beer!

ProductTank provides an opportunity for Product Managers working for (or wanting to work for) web companies in the Netherlands to exchange ideas and experiences about Product Management & Design, Business Modelling, Metrics, User Experience and all the other things that get us excited. Events include talks from guest speakers on topics around product management, networking opportunities, and a good old-fashioned chin-wag over a beer or two. We're open to companies big and small. We also welcome …

De maand april zal in Amsterdam elk jaar in het teken van apps. Appril wil de wereld van apps inzichtelijker maken en wil de verschillende partijen die betrokken zijn bij deze groeiende markt met elkaar in contact brengen. Appril organiseert door de hele stad workshops, lezingen en bijeenkomsten op het gebied van creatie, educatie, ondernemerschap en techniek. Appril roept ontwikkelaars, ontwerpers, ondernemers en gebruikers op om mee te helpen van april een prachtig Appril te maken of hun (nu a …

ElasticSearch is the new kid on the block. A search engine built from the ground up to be distributed. Some say it goes beyond that and can (should?) replace your NoSQL stores all together. This meetup is for Dutch enthusiasts willing to share experiences, knowledge and war stories about it. If you use it, or want to learn about it - you're welcome.

The MarkLogic User Group Benelux is for users and/or fans of MarkLogic and those who are interested in learning more about MarkLogic Enterprise NoSQL database technology. We host informal events for users to meet, discuss, and share best practices regionally. This is an easy way to meet peers and learn how to get more out of MarkLogic Server.

JBoss User Group Netherlands. Organizing events about JBoss community projects. Hands on workshops, talks about new cool stuff, ... See also: https://community.jboss.org/groups/jbug-netherlands

Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. Happiness comes from deep within, and not from people, situations, or circumstances. According to Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Diego: “When an individual becomes happy, the network effect can be measured up to three degrees. One person’s happiness triggers a chain reaction that benefits not only his friends, but his friends’ friends, and his frien …

Meet other local Groovy and Grails developers to talk about code, architecture, and lots of innovation. Both beginners and pros are welcome! On this site you will find: - Information on Groovy and Grails gatherings. - Mailing list. - Pictures of our events.

Learning from and meeting with developers and testers that use Selenium to test their web applications. The Amsterdam Selenium Meetup is an open forum where Selenium users of all skill levels can come to communicate, learn, network, or just have a good time. We plan to meet on a semi-regular basis and generally have speakers from major software and web companies in the Netherlands. Lively discussions or Q&A for hours afterwards. Our focus is in Selenium and topics extend through related areas of …

This group is for students, developers, designers, scientists, hackers and startups related to Social Media. We talk business models, (mainly Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter) API's, software tools, algorithms, social media research. So many cool social media initiatives are going on in Amsterdam, and we encounter similar obstacles.  Let's meetup and help others go forward.

Bringing together developers and operations people united in a common goal: destroy silos and remove obstacle to deploy and maintain awesome software and reliable infrastructures. Monitoring, continuous integration, packaging and automated deployment will all be covered. It's going to be fun too!