Our group meets to present and share Agile best practices around project management, software development, and database development in a team environment. This includes topics like implementing Scrum, Agile database development and Application Life-Cycle Management.

What is ALT.NET? 1. You’re the type of developer who uses what works while keeping an eye out for a better way. 2. You reach outside the mainstream to adopt the best of any community: Open Source, Agile, Java, Ruby, etc. 3. You’re not content with the status quo. Things can always be better expressed, more elegant and simple, more mutable, higher quality, etc. 4. You know tools are great, but they only take you so far. It’s the principles and knowledge that really matter. The best tools are thos …

Bringing together unemployed Software Developers who are either too young, too old, too inexperienced, or know too much! :) We'll even let you in if you have a part time gig... If you are tired of waiting or hearing your not good enough or low man out.. Join with us and lets change the world, even while your waiting.. In a short time, you just might not need to look for a job anymore ;-) If you ready for this... Join the group, then send me an email with a brief summary about you, where you hav …

Have a technical interview coming up? I don't... But I hope to have several very, very soon. And I'd like to be as well prepared as possible. And so I'm studying... Stuff like algorithms, data structures, and dynamic programming. And I've been reading about algorithms and working on problems like "write (pseudo) code to print all the permutations of the word, TURING." There are many such questions here: http://www.careercup.com So anyway, some of it's kinda hard. And I need to be able to go into …

Please note, this meetup has merged with NYLUG (New York Linux Meetup Group). All events will be scheduled on NYLUG's meetup page here (Please join if you are interested): http://www.meetup.com/nylug-meetings/ Here are a couple links with more info on NYLUG: - http://www.nylug.org/ - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NYLUG Historical description: GNU and Linux are two of the most prominent examples of free software development. In the spirit of community-built software, twice a month we get the l …

Technology Against Terrorism is creating a community of Software Engineers coming together to meet like-minded Techies and exchange ideas and best practices in the evolving Tech scene in NYC. Within this community we are promoting mentoring along with professional development within a general forum for Software Engineers to share their experiences. And we plan to have fun doing it. Software engineers are also welcomed to join this group to gain knowledge and give feedback on what they seek from …

This Group will bring software people together to share ideas and experience in the domain of Continuous Delivery. Continuous Delivery addresses the entire software delivery pipeline - from CI to testing to deployment to release - and addresses technology, process and organization. Anything within that domain will be in scope for our Group. The Group shares concerns with other Groups in NYC - DevOps, Agile,Puppet/Chef, Cloud, Selenium, etc. - and will be complementary to them. But we'll talk abo …

Welcome to New York City Visual Studio User Group. Your ALM connection. Do you work on or manage a team of software professionals? Do you want to better understand other roles on the team? Are you trying to get past the marketing hype to hear real-life stories about agile practices like Scrum or Test Driven Development? These are all components of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), the art of coordinating business needs with all disciplines software development, including product managemen …

The process of building software and the way engineering teams are structured to deliver it are going through a process of transformative change. There is probably no clearer example of this than in the world of startup engineering. How else could Instagram have built & operated a system that ran on cross-platform devices and scaled to 30M users with only a small team of engineers? But how are are startup teams like Instragram organized? And what processes do they use to design, deliver and main …

How "Technology is Changing Fashion" is creating a community of Techies coming together to meet like-minded Fashionista's and Designers to exchange ideas and best practices in the evolving Techno Fashion scene in NYC. Within this community we are promoting mentoring from the Design Community along with professional development within a general forum for the Software Engineers to share their experiences. And we plan to have fun doing it. Software engineers are encouraged to join this group to gai …

Meet other local people who use Extreme Programming or Agile for software development. The New York Extreme Programming Meetup has a particular interest in the application of XP and Agile software development for the Semantic Web. By nature XP.

The Design Task Force for Global Change is an interdisciplinary team that addresses the citizen usability of software and mobile applications with organizations such as The Guardian Project, Open Internet Tools Project, Witness.org, Georgia Law Society Project, and many more. Comprised of designers and open source developers, The Task Force meets semi-regularly to discuss the UX/UI/design strengths and weaknesses of current software projects in development; discuss software usability from a desi …

This is a social and business group dedicated to TIBCO professionals whether employees, contractors or customers that use TIBCO Software.

An opportunity for Software Developers, Architects and Security professionals, to come together to meet, interact, learn, and network over developing secure desktop, web and mobile applications by following secure coding practices. The ideal environment within which sharing and learning can flourish and complement the knowledge base for all on a peer to peer basis.

Software powers the world, but insecure software threatens safety, trust, and economic growth. The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is dedicated to making application security visible by empowering individuals and organizations to make informed decisions about true application security risks.

Welcome engineers and technologists in the New York area. Whether you are a hands on software engineer, quality engineer, or a person just interested in advanced technologies, you will enjoy these meetups. Hosted monthly at Google's NYC offices, these talks will cover a variety of topics of strong interest to the NYC technology community. Speakers will be enlisted from the local community (including, but not limited to, Google engineers). Topics will range across the spectrum of computer science …

NYC Lean/Kanban ... After Dark! meets fortnightly in a Lean Coffee format. to discuss Lean, Kanban, LSM, Agile and the various challenges we face as practitioners. The group is open to all and so is the agenda. About Kanban Kanban is more than just a tool in our bag of Agile software tricks.  It is an approach to change management and organizational culture.  We use Kanban for four main reasons. Evolutionary, incremental change with minimal resistance Achieve sustainable pace by balance through …

The first chapter of Leaders in Software and Art was founded in New York in 2009 as a networking group for cutting-edge artists who use technology to create museum-quality pieces. Meetups feature artist speakers showcasing their work and are attended by people fascinated by the field, such as curators, collectors, engineers and programmers, and of course other tech artists. What began with software art presentations has grown to include data visualization, sculpture made using LEDs, microprocess …

NYC Tech Recruiters is creating a community of Tech Recruiters coming together to meet like-minded Recruiters and exchange ideas and best practices in the evolving Tech scene in NYC. Within this community we are promoting mentoring along with professional development within a general forum for Tech Recruiters to share their experiences. And we plan to have fun doing it. Software engineers are also welcomed to join this group to gain knowledge and give feedback on what they seek from a technical …

NYC Tech Engineers is creating a community of Tech Engineers coming together to meet like-minded Engineers and exchange ideas and best practices in the evolving Tech scene in NYC. Within this community we are promoting mentoring along with professional development within a general forum for Tech Engineers to share their experiences. And we plan to have fun doing it.   Software engineers are also welcomed to join this group to gain knowledge and give feedback on what they seek from a technical re …

Forum to exchange ideas, discuss trends, learn about new Microsoft technologies, and having a good time with other talented Solution Architects that put Microsoft Technologies to work in innovative ways... Considering SEMAT? Software engineering is gravely hampered today by immature practices. Specific problems include: • The prevalence of fads more typical of fashion industry than of an engineering discipline. • The lack of a sound, widely accepted theoretical basis. • The huge number of …

Welcome software and web developers, designers, architects. Whether you use Java, Python, C++, Go, JavaScript or HTML, we will cover the many technologies that Google offers such as App Engine, Google Glass, Chrome, Android, and many, many others. The best way to contact and to follow us however is via our Google Plus page: https://plus.google.com/u/0/102033742326416578905

Learning from and meeting with developers and testers that use Selenium to test their web applications. The NYC Metro Selenium Meetup is an open forum where Selenium users of all skill levels can come to communicate, learn, network, or just have a good time. We meet on a semi-regular basis and generally have speakers from major software and web companies in the NYC Metro Area and beyond. Lively discussions or Q&A for hours afterwards. Our focus is in Selenium and topics extend through related ar …

Quality Assurance is a group for those interested in Quality Assurance, Web and Software Test Automation, QA Based Development, Ruby, Python and more.

ABOUT The New Marketplaces, Science & Tech For A Better Internet meetup invites scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, software coders, designers, activists and financiers to discuss and explore how new online marketplaces, business models & infrastructures can create more interaction and innovation on the Web. MEETUPS We meet on the fourth Tuesday of the month at some of NYC's most cutting-edge tech company offices. MEMBERS Where does the network end and where does the marketplace begin? Wh …

The Pivotal Tracker User Groups are a forum for product managers, project managers, entrepreneurs, and developers to share techniques and discuss the real day-to-day issues surrounding software project management. We’ll talk about upcoming Tracker features and look at third-party integrations. We'll discuss story estimation techniques and talk about what makes a good story. We’ll share our experience with agile planning, discuss patterns and anti-patterns of story management and acceptance, and …

The only way to get better at presenting is simply .... to practice, practice, practice! Why was this group formed We liked the idea of creating a friendly environment, where software developers could practice and get feedback on their presentation skills. Yes, there are already groups out there to practice general public speaking. But we are in the tech space, and we liked the idea of being able to present more technical material without alienating non-techies. Also, presenting to fellow develo …

The LispNYC.org community is devoted to the advocacy and advancement of professional software developers in their adoption of Lisp-based and functional programming technologies such as Common Lisp, Scheme and Clojure. We accomplish this through targeted programs of education, outreach, monthly meetings, mailing lists, development projects and spirited conversation with NY metro area software develpment professionals. Our monthly meetings are held every second Tuesday, are free and open to all.