Join this small group for a step-by-step approach to learn the R language. Each session is filled with real-life examples and participants are welcome to suggest and present topics. If you have just started with R this is the perfect chance to find out about data analysis with a group of people rather than on your own.

Lua's a fascinating, super-fast scripting language perfect for gaming and web applications. This is a very engineering-centric group for those interested in trying out Lua, or for sharing creations. Let the organizer(s) know if you're looking to sponsor, host, or speak at any of our events. We're open to suggestions!

Learn more about Erlang, the highly concurrent programming language. Have a chance to meet fellow developers interested in Erlang/OTP, cast messages about interesting tricks and cool hacks, and -- most importantly -- fun with fun()s and a good time had by all.

It takes at least 1000 hours of work to become "hirable" as a junior web developer. It is by no means an easy journey, especially as a beginner when you typically stumble alone aimlessly, not knowing what path to take. You're essentially trying to climb a mountain without a map or a guide. This group will be your map and guide to becoming a web developer. Over the next several months we'll help you design your path for learning a Ruby/Rails-based workflow in a project-based environment that uses …

This is a group for anyone interested in learning iOS mobile development. No programming experience required and we plan to hold free workshops to help people get started with learning programming fundamentals, the fundamentals of Objective-C and building real-world iOS applications.

A seminar dedicated to studying and discussing applied category theory, functors, monads, type theory, category logic, functional programming. Some basic knowledge is desired. Google group BACAT is migrating here: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/bacat

This group is for San Francisco Bay-area Web and Mobile Designers/Developers who wants to barter skills. When signing up, let the group know what skills you possess and what skills you are looking to learn. For each meetup, we will pair people up with complementary skills for two hours - one hour to teach, one hour to learn. You should join if you want to learn a new programming language, a new software framework, a new designing tool, etc. The most effective way to to learn is by observing and …

Meetup with others in your area who are also interested in Lithuanian language, culture and travel. All ages and levels of Lithuanian language proficiency are welcome! You don’t need to speak the Lithuanian language to join or attend our meetup. We welcome your ideas, suggestions and participation in conversation, social activities and cultural programs in the San Francisco area. If you are interested in coming to any of our events, please remember to RSVP!

This is a group for people in the Bay Area who are interested in Natural Language Processing. Since NLP overlaps with other fields, we may also delve into Information Retrieval and Machine Learning. If you are actively involved in NLP, or just want to learn more, please join us. Note: This group has nothing to do with Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

A meetup group to discuss the Go Programming Language. (from golang.org) The Go programming language is an open source project to make programmers more productive. Go is expressive, concise, clean, and efficient. Its concurrency mechanisms make it easy to write programs that get the most out of multicore and networked machines, while its novel type system enables flexible and modular program construction. Go compiles quickly to machine code yet has the convenience of garbage collection and the …

Learn about important new technologies in the Java ecosystem: Java, Scala, Groovy, frameworks, tools, etc. We meet on the fourth wednesday of the month in downtown Oakland. The agenda is typically: 6.30pm-7pm - networking and pizza 7pm-9pm - presentation and Q&A Its a great opportunity to  learn new technologies; network with other developers; and discover job opportunities.

A group of hands-on engineers in San Francisco who are using Grails & Groovy at their primary gig or full-time employment who are advocating these technologies.  We have featured speakers, discussions about our tech-stack and are promoting Grails and Groovy to others using the JVM - and beyond.

We meet in Downtown San Francisco and discuss iOS and Objective-C related topics, meet other developers and other interesting folks. Tech talks, workshops, hack-athons and more. Meet other iOS developers, find out about interesting projects and opportunities for work and potential employment. Join the group and you'll get a weekly NSMeetup newsletter. Please No Recruiters,Co-founder searches, non-developers or Job Postings. If you are interested in posting a job please contact the organizer - St …

Meet the Stripe team and members of the Stripe community.

The Hackbright Meetup Group is dedicated to women studying software development. We host a variety of events including study groups, tech talks, and hackathons.  Let's continue to build a strong community of learning, teaching, and collaboration!

We are starting a serious of meetups for various QA specialties. Our goal is to build a solid community of QA testers on the Silicon Valley, share our experiences and hacks. Our fierst session will be about Web Testing. Come share your web testing expierence, and learn from other industry leaders. This is a free event.

We meet once a month to drink beer & share lessons learned on various topics including computer science, design, HCI, complex systems development, programming languages, compiler optimization, cryptography, computer music, AI... and whatever else the group finds interesting. The common thread is that most of the presenters & audience know at least one dialect of lisp (eg Common Lisp, Scheme, Clojure, Emacs Lisp, etc). But it is definitely a polyglot (not just lisp-related) group & presentations …

The agenda of this group is to learn the Scala programming language by teaching and learning from each other.

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Edtech is all about engineering. We discuss platforms, software stacks, programming languages, APIs, UI/UX frameworks, standards, and more.

Bay.Net is an open and independent forum for evaluating and extending the knowledge of the .NET architecture, technologies, and tools. All developers are welcome, regardless of your preferred platform or language. We host meetings and activities in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, the North Bay and East Bay areas.

Often considered as not so serious in the recent past, Javascript has come a long way in becoming the most popular language used on all size projects. A handful of libraries such as jQuery brought it to the masses and unveiled the true potential of JS resulting in a widespread adoption of it. As you may find out it is very easy to get started with Javascript, almost instantly you can see your code being executed in the browser window and strike a superhero pose thinking out loud "I rock!!!". In …

This is a Meet Up for people interested in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). NLP is called "The Study of the Structure of Human Experience." It is also a self development practice: Once we know something about how we structure our experience, we can find ways to re-structure it in ways that provide us with the experience of life we would prefer. NLP is a remarkably elegant and deeply respectful set of tools to uncover unconscious beliefs and structures that determine our experience, and--again …

A group for passionate ESL/ELL educators/teachers.

If you've ever visited Hacker News, you've almost certainly seen the "Show HN" or "Ask HN" posts. Well, it's time to get off the Internet and tell us about it face to face. We'll provide you with our honest feedback, you provide us with a great hack, or idea. We'll give you 5 minutes to show off your tool, hack, library, whatever. We're language and software/hardware agnostic, so it's all fair game. After you present, it's an open forum. The audience will ask questions and provide feedback. We w …

Excelsior Center is a non-profit organization with over 100 years of heritage in the east bay. We are committed to developing new ways to serve the German community & German interest in the form of helping the community, promoting German language and culture through music, movies, and ongoing programs.

Our goal is to make R more popular especially among women. Inspired by the awesome PyLadies group, I decided to create R-ladies. Anyone with an interest in R is encouraged to participate. It doesn't matter if you never used R or if you are an R expert. The goal is to promote R, exchange knowledge and create a network among women. Come and join us! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ About R: R is a langua …

If you have any interest in Vietnam, please join our group and meet others who share your interest. You can learn more about the Vietnamese language and culture, trade, art, biotechnology, healthcare, transportation, urban planning and other programs.You can also learn about other activities and programs in which San Francisco – Ho Chi Minh City Sister City Committee members and others are engaged. You can even join our travel programs. We are in our 16th year of creating programs that have the …