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 …

The MelbJVM group discusses the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). Topics covered are frameworks and languages on the platform. Many of our members are software developers using the Java language and looking to find out what's new, and what they can bring to their own projects, bringing up to date techniques and software technologies to the perennial development platform. Examples of talks in 2012 to illustrate this:- CucumberJVM (Groovy) to illustrate BDD Play framework to demonstrate rapid app devel …

We are a group of people interested in functional programming. This ranges from academic discussions around type systems right through to demonstrations of software we've developed using practical functional languages. At our meetups we usually have two or three talks and some pizzas before heading out to a local pub for some drinks and more conversation. People of all experience levels are welcome. If you've never done FP before and are curious to see what it's about, or looking to figure out w …

This is the Melbourne chapter of The Australian Alt.Net Community. We meet on the last Tuesday of every month, 6pm at the Melbourne ThoughtWorks Office, Level 15,303 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000 The Australian Alt.Net Community is a self-organizing, ad-hoc community of developers bound by a desire to improve ourselves, challenge assumptions, and help each other pursue excellence in the practice of software development, obviously with a strong emphasis on development using the Microsoft.NE …

A monthly meetup in Melbourne, Australia for anyone interested in Adobe development technologies, HTML5, Javascript, Mobile Web, PhoneGap, Flash, ActionScript, ColdFusion, AIR, Flex and whatever other topics and technologies we find interesting. We usually meet on the 3rd Thursday of every month in the Melbourne CBD.

Would you like to work part of a collaborative club that supports, shares, links, encourages, drives traffic and comments on your blog? Then keep reading, this club could be for you.... The Bloggers Club is designed for those that have been blogging for over 6 months and require assistance growing their blog. Designed mainly for newer bloggers but ‘expert or experienced bloggers’ that are willing to share their insights with newbie bloggers are more than welcome to join! What is the purpose of t …

This is the Melbourne version of the original NYC Hack & Tell Meetup (strongly influenced by the Berlin H&T from cBase). In short: No pitches, just hacks. If you've ever visited Hacker News, you've almost certainly seen the "Show HN" or "Ask HN" posts. Well, now it's time to get off the Internet and tell us about it face to face. We'll provide you with honest feedback, and you provide us with a great hack, or idea. We'll give you 5 minutes to show off your tool, hack, library, whatever. It can b …

AnotherJS is another JS meetup in Melbourne for lovers of lambdas and closures. Come along to meetup with other JS fiends and share cool tools and libraries that no one has probably ever heard of.

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.

The Melbourne PHP User Group is a group of enthusiastic local programmers who get together every month and discuss Open Source technologies with a focus on PHP and associated topics. PHP is an extremely popular general-purpose scripting language that is highly suited for web development. We strive to promote PHP and Open Source in the IT industry, both locally and internationally. Our meetings are educational and cater to all skill levels. Anyone is welcome to join us. As a group, we aim to educ …

Come join other like-minded web application developers who share an interest in Sencha technologies. If you already use Ext JS, Sencha Touch or other Sencha tools, or are just interested in the frameworks and want to know more about them, this is the perfect group for you. We also discuss general topics like JavaScript, app architecture and development, mobile development and other related tools and technology. Even if you aren't directly familiar with Sencha yet, web technologists are sure to f …