Everything about Cross Platform Application Development Techniques using Xamarin Monotouch, Mono for Android, Visual Studio and HTML5. We discuss the pros and cons of using a tool like MonoTouch and MonoDroid vs using HTML5 and Native Development Software Development kits.  Speakers will present solutions they have implemented, show code samples, and talk about real life experiences on choosing a specific development path.

Software Craftsmanship McHenry County exists to bring developers in and around McHenry County together to share ideas on how to create better software, provide more value and cultivate professional growth throughout their careers.

Welcome to the Chicago Woman Developers Meet-up Chicago Women Developers (CWDevs) is run by a group of women from a variety of background and technical expertise. We have one thing in common: we are passionate about coding and we are passionate about women in tech. We host a variety of classes and events for women at all technical skill levels, see you soon.

This is a group for software developers and coders that enjoy coding competitions. Competitions will happen once every quarter. Past competitions we've had include writing a bot that competes at the board game Clue, and mini-puzzles solved in C# and JavaScript. We aim to have some competitions that are language agnostic.

We are a group of independent game developers, students, and fans. We share a passion for game development and the independent games that we love to play. We meet every other Sunday at the Schaumburg Public Library, at 6pm. Our meetups usually last around 2 - 3 hours but the great thing about the meetup is the relationships with other developers that you will build. We are not just colleagues we are friends and are willing to help with feedback on projects and other needs that fellow indie …

Meet with local professional and aspiring video game developers who are interested in experimenting with new ways to develop video games and new styles of game play.

ChiPMA, The Chicago Area Product Management Association, is all about helping Product managers and related fields to get better at designing, building and launching digital products and services. Modeled after the Silicon Valley Product Managers Association (SVPMA, www.svpma.org), ChiPMA's meetings expose members to current trends in innovation, product strategy, product marketing, development approaches and the latest tools and technologies. Whom it's for: Software and Digital Product managers …

The Chicago Lean Startup Circle is a group of smart and driven high-tech entrepreneurs that have learned how to discover customers and build products they want. Lean Startups (which can include for profit and not for profit organizations, new product/innovation organizations within larger companies and even government agencies) achieve success faster than most because they get out of the building to talk to customers, validate business model assumptions as quickly and cheaply as possible, use ag …

Geekfest is a gathering of software development geeks every Tuesday at noon. It originally started at Obtiva back in 2007, and now it's at Groupon.

Bugs suck, let's kill em! And along the way, lets learn something about the tools and frameworks that we use every day, meet some new people, and consume beer and pizza :) Experienced software developers from any background are welcome. Come with a development environment and a library whose issue list is just a little too long for your liking.

Startup Collaboratory is a group of Entrepreneurs, Business Professionals, and Business Owners who meet to...• Collaborate on starting and growing businesses• Share viewpoints and generate new ideas• Network for help overcoming business challengesAt Startup Collaboratory Meetups, selected members deliver short presentations describing their business, customers, and challenges. After each presentation, a moderated discussion explores new ways of viewing and addressing the member's business challe …

Software development professionals who made Microsoft .NET their tool of choice.  The core purpose of this group is to strengthen the Chicago .NET community through knowledge sharing and networking.  Meetup topics focus on the Microsoft stack, attempting to balance basic concepts with advanced concepts. Note to recruiters and job seekers: there is a Job Board forum in the Discussions tab of this website.

This group is intended to create a forum for web developers in the city of Chicago. In true open-source fashion I hope that PHP users and web developers of all kinds can come together in forums and in meet-ups to share ideas, thoughts and practice to advance the LAMP community as a whole. If you are a PHP developer, looking to get into PHP, part of a company using the LAMP stack or are just curious about new web development practices, you should join us and attend our meet-ups. We will have pres …

This group is for anyone interested in the CakePHP web development framework. All people with an interest in CakePHP or using CakePHP are welcome. This could include developers who use the framework, contributors to its core, or anyone interested in learning more about it. The goal of this meetup is to create an open space in which we can share our experiences with CakePHP (and MVC in general) and discuss topics related to CakePHP and hopes for the platform.

umbChicago aims to bring fellow Umbracians from the Windy City together for meets, beers, food, and chatting about all things Umbraco. As the fastest-growing CMS platform of choice for the Microsoft development stack, Umbraco is free, MIT-licensed, and has a thriving community across the rest of the US and a highly-active developer community worldwide. Microsoft run some of their largest websites in their portfolio (MSDN, TechNet and the official ASP.NET site) on Umbraco, along with Fortune 500 …

Meet other local Software Developers interested in the Scala programming language. Discuss the advantages of Scala, such as full support for Object-Oriented and Functional Programming, a succinct syntax, and other improvements over Java and C#. Discuss the pros and cons of Scala compared to other languages. Learn how to use Scala in Java and .NET environments.

The Suburban Chicago Delphi Users Group was created to help connect programmers with other Embarcadero Delphi users throughout the Chicago area and the midwest.  All skill levels of Delphi, C++, Database, Web and other programmers are welcome! Please join us to: Learn about Delphi and how it beats all competitors in cross-platform Rapid Application Development! Learn about the latest features and enhancements available. Learn about programming in Pascal. Learn about programming for Windows, Mac …

We are a group dedicated to expanding our knowledge about the Qt platform and learning about the next great thing in Qt 5. We are open to C/++, Python, and .NET/Mono developers, or developers interested in learning more about these technologies.

Technori Meetup is a group of impassioned entrepreneurs, developers, designers, tech companies, investors and general tech enthusiasts who have a deep love for Chicago and who want to see our emerging tech community flourish. By way of editorial content and an assortment of events throughout the year, Technori is dedicated to fostering relationships and celebrating those who make the Chicago tech scene what it is.  One of the group’s primary events is Technori Pitch; held on the last Tuesday of …

Join fellow IT Managers, IT Professionals, Solutions Architects, Technical Decision Makers, Developers, and Architects when Neudesic, LLC. explores cloud computing. Learn from industry experts about Microsoft’s cloud services operating system, Windows Azure, and how it fits into your company's bigger picture. Take the first steps towards understanding the features, functionality and value of the Azure platform, and what it takes to develop and deploy applications to the cloud. Meetings are hoste …

Imagine if there was a place, where at one table an entrepreneur meets her next $100,000 investor. A designer meets a new client, a web developer with a great internet startup. A Ruby engineer meets a charismatic founder that excites him with her vision, so much so that he can picture leaving his day job for the exhilarating experience of working tirelessly for technology stock options that could be worth millions one day... We're building this community. --- Part of the Tech Happy Hour Allia …

Join Other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast. * Compare Notes * Exchange Ideas * Learn from Others’ Mistakes * Brainstorm with Peers * Find Partners * Small Group Atmosphere * Serious Conversation Bootstrappers Breakfasts® are for founders of early stage technology startups. It is a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. These breakfasts were designed for entrepreneurs to share ideas and leverage thoughts with other folks who are serious …

OBJECTIVE This group is designed for exclusive group of women that is focused on learning about different areas/professions today women entrepreneurs have been progressing in with full confidence and achieving new highs every day. The group facilitates building, encouraging, motivating and inspiring women to go after their dreams and to pursue whatever passions they may have. We pride ourselves on Faith, Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Structure, Excellence, Loyalty and Teamwork. We call …

To bring together Chicago's top IT minds to network and socialize in a fun laid back environment where you can have drink with like-minded people to share thoughts, experiences, challenges, and accomplishments. This will also be an opportunity to take advantage of opportunities in career advancement and growth.

Aggrego hack night - for all the times you wished you could have hacked on something in the Chicago Sun-Times building. Now you can. Aggrego aims to use data collection, data analytics, visualization technology to create the next generation of digital media. Come hack with us!

Elevating the craft of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) through a real, face-to-face community in Chicago.  Let's get together and talk about everything from HATEOAS and REST to OAuth, and HTTP Response Codes and have a great time while we're at it!

Come level up your Ruby skills with other enthusiastic/aspiring Rubyists. Advanced beginner/intermediate level Ruby is helpful. No recruiters. No entrepreneurs. Just devs.

The field of computing is new, complicated, and diverse enough that often times even an experienced IT professional can become frustrated by a problem, or set of problems, that someone in a related field can help rapidly clarify quickly and easily explain. My hope is to bring together a group of people with diverse skills and levels of understanding of various areas of information technology on a monthly or bi-monthly basis to better understand topics like: system administration, networking, UNI …