Want to learn how to code? Have a great idea? Don't be shy. Develop it. It can be intimidating for women to learn and ask questions when they are in an extreme minority. While open and welcoming, today's budding developer community is up to 91% male. There isn't a comfortable place where women can learn at their own pace and not be afraid to ask "stupid questions." We decided it was time to provide a place where all questions are OK and everyone can learn in a supportive environment. Our courses …

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The Seattle Google Developer Group meets on the 3rd Monday of the month.  Our members are using or want to learn more about developing applications using Google technology, including: Android App Engine Google Apps Chrome Compute Engine Google Plus Go and Dart programming languages Join our Community on Google+

Meet with other local iPhone application developers and all who are interested in designing or programming products for the AppStore with SDK or WebKit. Gather to discuss the latest Apps and development struggles. Please note: This is not intended as a place to post job openings. However, if you would like to be a sponsor for the group, please contact the Organizer: seaton@surfincubator.com, thanks for your understanding.

RSVP to get a nametag. This is important, because people without nametags aren't even really people. There, I said it. ******** HackerNest is a grassroots, nonpartisan, nonprofit movement dedicated to uniting local tech communities globally. We do this by cramming lots of very smart people into a room and providing free beer - rescuing them from the isolation of basements, offices, and the plight of code tunnel vision. Our friendly, relaxed, and inclusive Tech Socials provide a casual, unpreten …

What is the group's purpose? A group dedicated to spreading the science of reverse engineering software and hardware. Who should join? Anyone interested in software and hardware coding and reverse engineering. Why should I join? To learn more about software and how it works and just to have a good time taking things apart to see how they work. What can members expect out of this meetup: Every meeting we will cover some new aspect of the skills required to be successful during your reverse engine …

We meet up to learn about and discuss new web technologies, network, develop business relationships, and just hang out. If you're interested in web or software technology, whether you're a .NET or PHP dev, entrepreneur or information architect, Silverlight or flex wiz, or anything in between, this is the group for you. We try to meet every other week to discuss the latest trends in web technologies, web applications, software development, standards, graphic and icon design, databases, flex, java …

BeyondAgile is the Puget Sound-area user group for people using Agile and Lean practices to improve software and business. We were formed from the combination and extrapolation of some previous Agile-related user groups: the Seattle XP Users' Group and Seattle Scrum. Mostly, we're people who want to share and learn about the latest ideas for better software development and delivery.

The Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) networking and security team is excited to meet with local talent to discuss the complex multidisciplinary challenges we face whether it be in software, hardware, process, or some combination thereof. We need software developers, system engineers, and security engineers with a wide variety of skills to help us look at things differently in order to go faster and push the boundaries of technology even further. You will have a large, sustained impact. So come have a …

This Dev Meet Up is a social gathering for developers to discuss geospatial technologies, complementary third-party tools, and development platforms (e.g., Silverlight, Java, Flex, JavaScript) that are supported by Esri. Presentations run the gamut of our community: from Web development to mobile location development for iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7 to automating tasks with Python. Developers of all levels of expertise are welcome, from seasoned GIS professionals to those new to geospatial d …

Welcome to Appy Hour! The first happy hour for app developers to gather, relax with a drink in hand, and discuss everything that goes on in the world of apps and app development. Come share your projects and ideas with others. Maybe you'll even meet that perfect addition to your team. Let's grow the app community in Seattle, and make Appy Hour the best happy hour around.

Guy's night out (in?) We network our computers, eat snacks, drink pop, and talk about software while slicing zombies in Minecraft, shooting each other in Doom, or laying waste to the countryside in Age of Empires.

The Lean Startup is a global movement that has brought new excitement to entrepreneurship and innovation, and is transforming the way new products and services are built and launched. The assumption is that the Tacoma startup community has enough interest in the application of Lean Startup Principles and the Customer Development process, developed by Steve Blank and refined by Eric Ries, to foster a vibrant Lean Startup Circle Group in Tacoma. We would like to bring the Tacoma Lean Startup commu …

Let's get together and chat about HTML5, the advancement in object oriented JavaScript, CSS and middle-tier programing (Java/JSP, Ruby on Rails, PHP, ASP.NET), Software as a service (APIs), open source technology, data-driven architecture, OO/MVC Design, etc., etc.. There are several opportunites where I work, and side projects I'd like to explore and contribute to.  Let's get together as peeps in the industry and chat about making great new interactive UX/UI projects come to life.

"All the brilliant people working at the same time, in the same space, at the same computer, on the same thing." - Woody Zuill, Mob Programming geezer. Read about mob programming at http://mobprogramming.org/. Every couple of weeks or so, Mondays 6pm-8.30pm, you can join us when you can, in downtown Seattle or Redmond (we're alternating for now). Our most recent session was at Nordstrom's Innovation Lab, where eight people had all sorts of fun and games coding up a browser-based chat applicatio …

This is the CodeChix.org chapter for Seattle/Redmond. Check out codechix.org for details about us and what we do. Come join us for our hacking sessions, workshops and technical talks!

A community of Chef users in the Seattle area (and beyond) meeting to discuss a variety of Chef driven topics from Continuous Delivery to daily workflow issues.

From big, well-organized hackathons like Startup Weekend and AngelHack to small, ad hoc hackathons like a couple of friends in a coffee shop, we want to help increase the number of hackathons going on in Seattle, help support them, and help publicize them.

We're a group of Seattle Scala users and enthusiasts.

DemocracyLab is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization creating online tools to help communities identify problems, construct solutions, make decisions, and take collaborative action.  Visit www.democracylab.org for more info!

The Seattle Business Intelligence (BI) Meetup is a professional organization whose purpose is to enrich members through networking, education, and discussion. Professionals of all levels are invited to attend the monthly meetings. Topics range from strategic overviews to deep dives into a particular technology. Incentives for involvement include: Members: Learn more about technology in your current skill set and be exposed to new or unfamiliar tools. Speakers: Hone your presentation skills and …

A meetup group that's all about Python. We welcome anyone and everyone that's interested in Python.  Both those who use it in their daily lives and those who want to and would like to find out more about it.

Welcome to Seattle Tech Meetup, Seattle's largest ongoing monthly event.  This event is for the community, by the community! Done in partnership with local community resources Startup Weekend, GeekWire, WTIA, StartupSeattle, House of Genius and more, Seattle Tech Meetup (aka: STM) happens on the 3rd Tuesday of every month. Want to know more? Watch this short video: Thank you for joining the Seattle technology and startup community.  We look forward to meeting you! See you around town, Greene a …

BlueKai invites you to join our engineering team for engineer focused events. For most events, BlueKai will provide the beer and pizza, and you provide the questions. BlueKai will continue to organize a variety of engineer focused events, from B^3- Bier, Brats, and Bocce, to Tech Talks during which we will bring a variety of subject matter experts into our Seattle office, and invite all interested engineers to stop by for informal presentations and conversation. We would love to see you at the n …

This MeetUp is for anyone interested in discussing and exploring new technology trends. We'll discuss and give demonstrations on topics such as Home Automation and Control, Audio, Video, Surveillance, Security, Information Technology, Cloud Computing, Mobile Computing, and just about anything relating to tech. Join us in expanding each others technological awareness with a special emphasis on resources and companies located here in the Pacific Northwest.

Interested in Distributed Databases, Hadoop, Cassandra, MongoDB, Riak, CouchDB, Neo4j? Predictive or Realtime analytics? Data/text mining? Join us! Everyone loves use cases. If you would like to present one to the group, send me a note at lynn@lynnbender.com. Lightning talks are welcome too.

Practice and advice giving technical presentations. Each month, one member gives a technical presentation to the group, which then discusses the presentation, offering comments and critiques. Finally, the presenter gets to ask and respond to questions. The meetings are hosted at Startpad in Seattle. http://startpad.org/about-us We hope you will join us to improve your presentation skills, help others, and discuss technology.