MiniBar - London Your Monthly Face To Face You think about creating the next Last.fm, flickr, or Web 3.0 start up? You think London lacks opportunities to meet up and discuss those ideas? Then come to MiniBar. MiniBar is a social evening in Shoreditch, which offers people a chance to snaffle some free beer while discussing mobile web, web applications, start ups, social networking, investment and general Web 2.0 mayhem & fandango. There is usually a brilliant mix of around 300 web entrepreneurs, …

We are a group of people who love and use the Pyramid web framework. Whether you consider yourself a professional developer, a hobbyist, or are simply curious to see if Pyramid is for you, please join us for our monthly meeting!

Launched a product but not happy with the user experience? Built an MVP but design was an afterthought? Have a web or mobile app but the design doesn't 'pop'? Have no fear, The UX Café is here. We're a meetup for startups that need a little design love. We'll be encouraging you to pitch your UX problems and will have a panel of experts to give you guidance and advice. We're also hoping that this will be a place for informal networking where designers can meet startups that may need their help (o …

Community for mobile web developers, publishers, designers, entrepreneurs and investors. Mobile websites built using open standards such as HTML5 are becoming increasingly popular and sophisticated. This, along with reduced development costs and massive growth in the use of smartphones means lots of exciting stuff going on this space. Do join us!

This group aims to encourage the exchange of ideas around the PHP based Yii Framework for people in London or surrounding areas.

London Lua is a friendly welcoming group for anyone who uses or wants to learn about the Lua programming language. Lua is perhaps best known for its use in games such as World of Warcraft and Angry Birds, but is also used for high performance web applications, mobile applications like Spotify, embedded systems, desktop applications like Adobe Lightroom, or embedded into systems like Redis or Nginx and in financial services. We arrange talks and informal chats, and welcome all people whatever the …

This group has been created to bring together Italian developers living in London - a chance to discuss technology, home affairs and just enjoy the company of each other. Queto gruppo e' stato creato per far incontrare programmatori Italiani che abitano a Londra. Un'occasione per consocere altri connazionali uniti dalla stessa passione, discutere di programmazione, nuove tecnologie, IT, situazione in Italia e passare un po' di tempo assieme.

This is a beginners group for learning computer programming. You will be taught how to create desktop and web applications in Visual Basic . net Visual Basic . Net is the best language to start learning computer programming. If you RSVP for a meetup, you MUST ring me to confirm your attendance. I teach Visual Basic even if only one person is coming, so you should let me know so that I don't make a wasted journey. My number is 07975 866 810. The meetup provides a structured and thorough groundi …

London HTML5 User Group is focused on the next-generation Web technologies, specifically HTML5, WebSocket, CSS3, JavaScript and so on. Members are those who have a passion in seeing Web applications advance in a rich and dynamic fashion and a keen interest in new and emerging standards and technologies for Web infrastructure. Regular topics of discussion will focus on the gamut of HTML5 technologies that promise to deliver a better, rich Web experience for all.

How do you take a product from that eureka moment to a fully working product and scalable business? This group has been set up to help you get your startup started, focus on what's important for you and allow both new and experienced startup folks alike to share experiences – both eye-watering successes and grandiose failures. Our events will have a lean startup slant but won't exclude people that aren't lean 'believers'.

This is a group for IT technical security professionals who would like to be certified in a smarter cheaper way of a token less authentication replacing the need for the traditional way of token based authentication and the associated infrastructure costs related to this. I will be running a quarterly technical training course which will run from 9.30 till 4pm. Refreshments and lunch will be provided free of charge...I'm limiting this to 15 technical people involved in IT security. The session w …

A meetup group for people in the UK interested in various aspects of Automated testing including Unit Testing, Browser Automation (Selenium WebDriver), Load, Performance and Soak testing Novices to Experts welcome. Post new ideas for a meetup or come along to our quarterly social event.

Quarterly meet up for Heads of Test/ QA in London to network with like minded people.... Completely free! Each event will have 4 Key notes speakers discussing HOT topics including Testing in an Agile Environment/ The new role of a Developer in Test and a comparison of new Open Source tools. It will be held in the RBS Building- 280 Bishopgate- Capacity- 200 people. Free Wine/ Beer/ Soft drinks and nibbles. Time afterwards to network .....

An independent user group for Ping Identity customers and other interested parties. This group is driven by customers; supported by Ping Identity. If you are interested in federation identity, identity and access management, or Internet-scale identity, this might be the group for you.

Data Science London, the #datascience community We are a non-profit professional organisation dedicated to the free, open, dissemination of data science. We are a community of data scientists that meets regularly to discuss the tools, methods and technologies used by many startups and enterprises to analyse large scale data (big data), obtain predictive insight, and exploit business opportunities from data products. Follow us on twitter @ds_ldn Read our blog www.datasciencelondon.com We'll have …

The Salesforce community has over 800,000 developers worldwide and is rapidly growing. The community includes Heroku, force.com, data.com, site.com and all the platforms in the Salesforce ecosystem that support developers enjoy rapid, scalable application development. This meetup group is part of that community, allowing developers to get together and discover great development practices, get to grips with new features, give feedback on APIs & the development experience.  By doing things togethe …

The London Ajax User Group is London's largest group of Ajax, JavaScript, and HTML5 developers. Started in 2010, the group has events at least once a month to discuss all things interesting in the desktop and mobile web world. Meetups, panels, conferences, and pubs. We meet the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 18:00 at the Skills Matter office. For the larger events we can accommodate approximately 125 guests. Hosts include Dylan Schiemann (Dojo, SitePen, and CometD), Piotr Zalewa (MooTools, JSFidd …

Bootlaw is a free boot camp for emerging technology, internet and digital businesses and the professionals working in them who want to learn more about the legal issues they face. Its brought to you by an enthusiastic team of lawyers at Pinsent Masons LLP, an international law firm based in the City of London. Monthly at our London office we're hosting an evening for the members of Bootlaw where we'll cover business questions and their legal ramifications from a pragmatic and practical standpoin …

If you interested in FirefoxOS ,HTML5, JS, mobile and the open web? Get together with other developers, open web advocates and people passionate about mobile to talk about how we can keep the web free, share best practise and more. It doesn't matter if you are an experienced coder or just want to learn more, everyone is welcome :) We'll be running meetups, hangouts, tutorials and maybe even hackday in the future, so come join us!

The CWDNUG is a monthly meetup for .NET developers, with a focus on what's relevant (and what's about to be relevant) to developers in the wharf, on the first Wednesday of every month. Expect to see topics such as: WPF & Silverlight. F# & other alternative languages. High volume systems & complex event processing. Agile tools, methodologies and experiences. Open source systems that you can use (or that need your help!). Upcoming releases from Microsoft (WP7, VS2010, TPL). This meetup's …

This is a group for people doing serious stuff with JavaScript. If you are building rich Internet applications, working with libraries or crafting cool code, you'll find people to share your experiences with. If you are just starting out, come and meet others who have been there. This is a place to share knowledge, ask questions, learn and grumble. We meet monthly in central London for some informal talks, live coding, show-and-tell, questions and of course beer. Sign up and join us!

There's a growing interest in media and publishing around data, machine learning and the techniques from functional programming. The aim of this meetup is to share experiences, exchange techniques and ideas via short talks and presentations. It's aimed at developers and managers in the publishing and media industry, and anyone interested in the application of data, machine learning and functional programming. Are you in?

We want to stimulate the creativity of mobile geeks in London. A mobile geek being someone deeply passionate about mobile, not an ugly spotty nerd ;-) Good looking geeks are welcome. We want to incubate/facilitate exciting concepts, encourage emulation between entrepreneurs/marketeers/developers/designers. We'll be happy to help source funding when possible. It's all about networking. We want to contribute to the growth of the global mobile apps / web ecosystem and we think that London is a pret …

The London Design and technology user group is here to offer varied content for both designer and developers who live breath and work in the digital development space. This group is for the people who 'make' web experiences apps and games. Mainly it will be focussed on design and technology but we will also host any talks that are presented from a perspective that will be interesting to the members, so whether it be business related or strategic it will always be relevent.

www.wearetechmap.com techMAP is the real world and online community that pioneers the evolution of business through the practical application of technology for marketing, advertising and PR professionals across multiple sectors. Join up to participate in: -Attend Industry leading, thought provoking monthly techMAP events in cities across the world. -Global and Regional discussion groups. -Collaborate with Industry peers in discussing action points on the practical application of technology to M …

I'm really excited by Windows 8 and its potential, if you're interested in Windows 8, be it as user or developer then this is the group for you! The aim of this group is to share tips, tricks on how to get the best out of Windows 8 and hopefully have demos by local developers creating applications for Windows 8!

In the ongoing discussion regarding when to release an API, there is a growing consensus that the API should come early, if not first in the order of tasks to get from concept to fully functioning application. Some say that releasing the API immediately is like putting the cart before the horse, but the emerging popular view seems to say the opposite. Adopting what is now being called an "API-first" philosophy requires that we introspect more around the role of APIs What goals are we accomplishi …

‘Want to know what is happening in the digital space around you? What is ‘AppsTalk - London’? AppsTalk - London is a community for you to meet, share, discuss and learn about the future of mobile apps, technology and digital marketing. Who should join? ‘AppsTalk - London’ welcomes the perspective from every individual or company interested in the digital domain, no matter the industry, institution or background. We are proud to count the following members as active contributors to our commun …