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.

Django is a Python web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. With comprehensive documentation and a strong and helpful community behind it, Django enables the development of high-performing web applications in less time, using less code. Learn more about Django at http://www.djangoproject.com/ The purpose of this meetup group is to share experiences in developing, deploying and scaling Django applications. Our meetups are casual and friendly, usually in roundta …

Meet other Vancouver users of Joomla, the Web's grate dynamic content management system (CMS). Whether you're an absolute beginner learning the ropes or a power user blogging daily, or making professional web sites with Joomla, you are welcome to come out to exchange ideas, network with each other, and have a good time. We will try to learn from each other and have few training sessions on any Joomla topic included: Templates, Modules, Components, Development, Structure and lot more. VanJoomla. …

The number of ExpressionEngine users is growing rapidly, and Vancouver has been a leading community of EE development for several years. The purpose of this group is to share knowledge, skills and enthusiasm for Expression Engine. I'd suggest the format might include some informal 'show n tell' presentations where members can demonstrate how they have used ExpressionEngine to meet their needs. Anyone who develops websites using ExpressionEngine should definitely join this group. Those curious ab …

Pixels and Pints is a monthly meetup of graphic designers, web developers and anyone else involved in the world of web development and digital art.

It's been long overdue the need for a CSS meetup in Vancouver... The world of CSS is changing extremely fast and it's getting harder and harder to keep up. There are no shortage of challenges when it comes to writing and maintaining CSS for modern web applications. Let's solve that problem. Come to share and learn the latest CSS techniques at CSS Brigade. Responsive/Adaptive Design Semantic Grids SMACSS, OOCSS and BEM CSS Frameworks Anything related to CSS...

Meet with others in the Vancouver region interested in building and strengthening the Drupal Community. We meet on the 4th Thursday of the month at the Jibe offices in Vancouver, BC. Come out for monthly Drupal training sessions, discuss new and exciting Drupal-related news, or just socialize with like-minded people from the area! The focus of our group is various Drupal related topics from theming, configuration, module development to how to run a successful Drupal business. Our official Twitt …

A Web Technology group geared towards the "Do it yourself" types. Hold a talk or workshop on a topic you are passionate about (We'll help you put one together), meet and network with local geeks, techies, and nerds or wannabe techies. Discuss and learn new technologies, share industry news. Socialize! We will be holding Downtown Vancouver and in other areas of the Lower Mainland and free workshops on a regular basis.

Want to learn more about machine learning? This group will meet to discuss and share the latest happenings in machine learning and related fields such as artificial intelligence, statistics and neural networks. This group is for people working in machine learning, students, researchers and general enthusiasts in the fields of AI, stats, mathematics and those curious about applications to the web, data-mining, bioinformatics and other real-world problems.

Do you develop with Ruby? Make web applications with Rails? Setup servers with Ruby? Well if you are then this is the meetup for you. If you would like to talk about something Ruby then get in touch with us.

The Google Technology User Group will meet once a month to discuss all things Google. Welcome software and web developers, designers, architects. Whether you use Java, Python, C++, JavaScript or HTML, we will cover the many technologies that Google offers such as App Engine, Google Wave, GWT, HTML5, Chrome, Android, and many, many others. The main web site is http://www.vancouver-gtug.org/ The main discussion group is over at http://groups.google.com/group/vancouver-gtug and you can also follo …

VanMoodle User Group is a community website dedicated to connecting Moodle users locally by helping organize local gatherings, known as 'VanMoodle user groups'. This group is being formed to get Moodlers together to discuss how they use it, what their issues are and see if we can help each other solve these issues - and hopefully have fun while doing it! Come and meet other users of the Moodle Learning Management System. Share your problems and solutions, frustrations and successes, with …

The Vancouver PhoneGap Meetup group (formally known as the PhoneGap Hack Night) is proud to be hosting meetups in the Vancouver area. We will be doing presentations on various PhoneGap related topics that the group shows interest in. Meet other local fans of PhoneGap, the best tool for quickly building mobile applications for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Palm, iPad, and Symbian. If you’re an entrepreneur looking to build a mobile application, or a web developer who wants to build …

We'll look at interface design and development as a dedicated discipline, and build community among members of Vancouver's growing crop of internet startups. We'll talk about integrating Interface Driven Design into your project, and within your development team.

All about NodeJS.

This is going to be Vancouver Magento User Group (VanMagUG)

Meet other programmers in Vancouver who are already using Erlang or are interested in learning it.

The Vancouver Lisp Aliens is a group is for current or future Lisp hackers. In this group we talk about Lisp in all its incarnations, but Common Lisp is elevated above others as the group's official language. Coders of all levels are welcome to join the group—in fact, even if you have only a passing interest in “programming with alien technology”, please don't be a stranger to the meets. VLA exists so Lispers can code and learn in a social environment, bounce ideas off one another, and hopefully …

Meeting the right people is crucial. We look to match ideas with talent, hustlers with hackers and provide a great opportunity to meet other people in Vancouver working in the Tech Industry. We are the official meetup for Launch Academy and Grow Lab, as well as community run events like Demo Camp. Want to have an event without having to create an entire new Meetup group? Want to host or promote an event to 100s of web, software, and design craftspeople in Vancouver? Interested in cool cross-dis …

//collaborate here Canada's largest tech meetups RSVP to get a nametag. This is important, because people without nametags aren't even really people. There, I said it. ******** HackerNest is a grassroots, nonpartisan, nonprofit movement dedicated to uniting local tech communities globally. We do this by cramming lots of very smart people into a room and providing free beer - rescuing them from the isolation of basements, offices, and the plight of code tunnel vision. Our friendly, relaxed, and …

This group is dedicated to all aspects of software automation and helping people with creating highly robust software. There is a negative connoation with software automation and (to a greater extent) quality assurance in general. Part of the mission of this group is to enable QA Engineers with the latest tools and processes available. The ultimate goal is that test code should be first class citizens in the software development world.

UX Book Club Vancouver is part of a larger collective of clubs worldwide that have been rapidly forming since 2008 and are now active in over fifty cities across the globe. Each meeting brings together a diverse group UX professionals—including information architects, interaction designers, visual designers, usability specialists, researchers, developers and students—for a fun, enriching discussion on books related user experience. The club will provide an opportunity to engage in learning acros …

Meet other local Java developers to talk about code, architecture, and innovation. Both beginners and pros are welcome!

The Local Marketing Strategy Group is a meetup for marketers, developers and entrepreneurs to discuss strategies relating to mobile development, marketing and local business marketing. The purpose of the group is for members to share ideas on mobile and local marketing for small to mid-size businesses. This group meetups discuss trends in marketing such as social media marketing through mobile, SMS text message marketing, application development for iOS & Android, location-based services, near f …

If you are interested in Google's Map developer technology; everything from the creating a Street Map to Mashup. Intra-Domain And Jquery, to initiatives like Open Social and you live in Vancouver Metro Area, please join this group. Our members are using or want to learn more about developing applications using Google technology, including: - Google Ajax APIs - maps, search, visualization, gadgets (JavaScript) - Google Friend Connect and Open Social - Android - mobile development (Java) - Google …

SproutCore Vancouver is a place for SproutCore and Javascript developers to learn about the SproutCore framework, share their experiences using it, and stay up to date on the framework's latest developments. SproutCore is an HTML5 application framework for building responsive, desktop-caliber apps in any modern web browser, without plugins.  We meet via webinars.  Registration links will be posted with events.

OVERVIEWDo you work in the IT (Information Technology) field in British Columbia? Or are you an IT professional who is planning to move to British Columbia? Network with other people who are working in the same field as you.Some, but not all, areas you might be working in include:- Enterprise Systems- IT Infrastructure- Databases- Project Management- Security- Applications and Development- Mobile Technologies- Sales and Marketing- Human ResourcesBENEFITS OF JOINING THIS GROUP- sometimes it's …

The Vancouver Community Experience Group (VanCX) represents Vancouver-based online community developers, managers, designers and participants! Do you own, operate or participate in the management of an online community or social network? Are you passionate about cultivating online community? Join up and share your experiences with the rest of us.