The focus of this meetup is on the growing field of HTML5 and javascript Game development. This is a place to learn or teach, to share tips on programming, game engines, sdks, tools for development on the web and cross platform solutions for HTML5 for iphone android ipad windows phone 7 palm. HTML5 or hybrid solutions, 2d or webgl are explored. Meetings will be held in both SF and Mountain View. Checkout our website at: http://gamesjs.com/ where you will find meetup recaps, further reading mater …

Join us and meet other SproutCore and JavaScript developers to share knowledge, review the state of the art, and dream up new applications. SproutCore is an HTML5 application framework for building responsive, desktop-caliber apps in any modern web browser, without plugins. SproutCore works by doing the only thing that can truly eliminate the latency problem: it moves your business logic to the client.  SproutCore applications are full-fledged programs, written in JavaScript. That JavaScript e …

Are you annoyed that you have to separate the people that "know jQuery" from the people that actually know JavaScript? Know which direction the browser reads CSS and why that matters for performance? Know how opacity alters compositing in the GPU? Have SpeedTracer, DynaTrace, and others installed on your machine? This group is for you. Moderated by a past core developer of Firebug.

With the launch of Windows 8 Development Preview at the BUILD conference in Anneheim, Microsoft has unleashed the next generation programming environment. How different is it from the previous generation? Very different AND very much teh same. Our Meetup Goal is to help developers usher in that new generation. We will have presentations by industry leaders talking about the best way to develop these new forwarding thinking, touch enabled windows 8 native applications that run on both inexpensive …

CloudFlare, the web performance and security company, loves to host meetups and connect people in the technology industry. We host a variety of meetups that cover topics like social media, JavaScript, web operations, entrepreneurship, development and design. Have an idea for a meetup you'd like us to host? Let us know!

We are going to be creating the kind of events only possible in San Francisco and the Bay area with experts from all languages and walks of life as possible speakers in panels and even debates between different languages, IDE's, marketing strategies and more.   This is going to be THE group to join for information on application development, software engineering, OO, cloud, mobile, enterprise, business intelligence, HTML5, Hadoop, Python, Eclipse, JavaScript, JAVA, Machine Learning, HBASE, Mapre …

Welcome to the San Francisco HTML User Group (also known as THE Largest HTML5 User Group in the World)! We are enthusiasts of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and related cutting-edge web technologies. We meet monthly with the industry's leading experts who talk about, present, and demonstrate the latest concepts, features, APIs (you name it!) in this cool new world, and answer all your burning questions. Our past speakers have included such HTML5 superstars as Paul Irish, Bruce Lawson, Steve Souders, G …

This group will meet regularly to discuss cross-device HTML5 developer tools for creating both native mobile applications for iOS & Android along with HTML5 web apps. We'll include guest speakers that will talk about new advances in HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3 that empower web and mobile developers to accelerate their time to market and reduce the costs associated with deploying across a variety of handsets. Group Meetups will include both technical and market-oriented sessions and will likely me …

Events involving the two of mankind's greatest inventions; Beer and JavaScript.

This meetup is designed to help understand what HTML5 is and how we can use it now. We'll explore the new elements and have some fun debates about semantic markup. We'll also take a look at the relationship between HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. The meetup is great for the technical web designer/developers amongst us, but we encourage anyone to join who wishes to understand HTML5 better.

This group is all about backbone.js and coffee script.(http://documentcloud.github.com/backbone/)

The Ember.js San Francisco Meetup is the first Ember.js meetup group, in the birthplace of Ember (we think). Let's get together periodically to talk about code, eat, drink, and generally geek out. See you there!

Users and lovers of the Closure set of tools https://developers.google.com/closure/ or for those who would like to learn.  

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.

BASES (Bay Area Software Engineers Society) is a professional career organization specific to software engineers, application designers, and hands-on coders. BASES is applying for Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit status and assembling a board of directors. The mission of BASES is to build an eco-system to support local software engineers, by providing direct communications with local small business, technology start-ups, local employers, and established enterprises. BASES will be providing inf …

SF Creative Coders is a meetup every few weeks to bring our local community of hackers, designers & creative technologists together to share experiences and build new friendships here in the Bay Area. The goal is to get outside and meet fellow coders while enjoying the amazing beauty that is San Francisco. Our conversations tend to center around the intersection of human / computer interaction, emerging technologies, and interface design. If you are interested in the above, passionate about UI/U …