This group is dedicated to increase gender diversity in the Ruby community by helping women learn Ruby and Ruby on Rails via an ongoing series of weekly meetups in the Westside of the Los Angeles area, primarily meeting in Santa Monica. We are geared to help, primarily, women learn Ruby On Rails. Our aim is to build a rock-solid community of women programmers, specializing on Rails that support each other with a community spirit. You may have absolutely no coding experience to advanced skills, a …

This group is dedicated to increase gender diversity in the Ruby community by helping women learn Ruby and Ruby on Rails via an ongoing series of outreach workshops in the Los Angeles area. The workshops are geared to help, primarily, women learn Ruby On Rails. The workshops will be free and any level of experience is accepted;   from having never coded to years of experience - all are welcome! Men are welcome, provided that they are a guest of a woman registered for the event. If you are intere …

This group intends to offer support to new-intermediate Ruby and Ruby on Rails aspirants interested in learning and sharing what they learn with others. The group is also seeking to create a support network for teachers (and non-teachers) that want to draw connections of programming concepts to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).

Getting Started Here's our current plan: Some Ruby first, then Rails. Start by making your way through the "Ruby in 100 Minutes" tutorial by JumpStartLab Next will be giving the Event Manager tutorial a go. (NOTE: I'm not affiliated with JumpStartLab, they just have cool tutorials) If anyone gets hung up on any bits then we can use the discussion tool to ask a question. My goal is to meet every 3 weeks or so to discuss where everyone is, what parts you found challenging, how you solved partic …

Meet others to share stories of rail travel, including local and nationwide travel on Amtrak, excursion trains, tourist railways, Canada VIA rail and foreign rail travel. Share recommendations or even find a new friend to travel with.

OCRuby is for anyone interested in learning or sharing experiences with "Ruby" or "Ruby on Rails" or tangential technologies (NoSQL, etc.) In existance since 2006 (but new to Meetup), we usually meet the last Thursday of each month (moving on holidays or other exceptions) at smart-soft.com in Irvine, CA. Regards, Forrest Chang OCRuby organizer

These are not your typical software engineering events. Our events cover topics related to software engineering along with business but aim to change the perspective of those who attend. Our focus is on emerging technologies such as Big Data, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Nanotechnology, 3D printing, Machine Learning, MapReduce, Semantic Web technologies, alongside more traditional topics like Ruby on Rails, HTML5, PHP, node.js, and Python. We reach out to the entire Los Angeles metropolita …

Are you a web designer, developer, or web enthusiast who lives in or around the SGV? Do you get excited when you hear about new web technologies? Are you a designer who is always up-to-date with the latest trend in web design? Do you like to have fun while nerding out about your latest project with someone who understands it? If this is you, we'd love for you to be a part of the San Gabriel Valley web designers and developers meetup group! This group is designed to create a fun environment for e …

We meet the Third Thursday of every month at the Moose Lodge in Burbank for a No Limit Hold 'Em Poker Tournament.  Friendly buy-in (40) and even friendlier rebuys (20).  Start with $6K (including $1K bonus) in tournament chips.  High Hand award.  Player of the Year points.  Other prizes and surprises.  Start at 7:00 p.m., usually over by midnight.  Lodge located at 1901 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank, CA 91506.  Exit Burbank Blvd. off 5 Fwy.  U can RSVP for the next Third Thursday Poker Tournament* b …

This is a group for people who live, spend time in, or want to spend time in the eastern part of the San Fernando Valley, and want to make friends and do activities closer to home! Let's check out some NoHo theater, go to Balboa Park for a potluck lunch, do a pub quiz night in Valley Village, happy hour in Studio City, bowling in Burbank, mini-golf in Van Nuys...there's good stuff on our side of the Hollywood Hills--let's take advantage of it! I started this group because I live in NoHo, and mos …

We are a group using and promoting Ember JS, a Javascript framework that makes sophisticated web development much easier, faster, and more robust. Come join us if you are interested in graduating from JQuery to very sophisticated HTML5 "application functionality" in the browser instead of only in the server.

The purpose of the organization is to support local developers and businesses with the latest information and education on our industry We are a group that participates and organizes events for the LA development community. We are focused on establishing an experience unique to the User Group community. Come join our group. Participation is mandatory! Everyone is welcomed. We are always looking for new and innovative presentation ideas and sponsors.

In the pursuit of studying architecture, I always wondered what inspired me to do so? Was it the form, the function, the divinity of spaces within and without, the play of light against the darkness, the hidden structures underneath the beautiful skins of glass.. I think its was the mystery of Architecture itself. Like a universe, spaced within its own eternity, wrapped in it's own mass and boldly embodying the human identity itself- the need for space and spirit. Where's that kind of Architect …

Ruby Power Lunch is a collection of some of the best ruby developers in the world. We meet about once a month for lunch to share ideas, challenges and solutions with our peers. In addition to monthly face-to-face meeting opportunities, we use the group discussion and mailing list to keep on the (b)leading edge of ruby tech.

Carbon Five hosts a bi-weekly, intimate hack night for developers who want to code and collaborate for a couple of hours after work. Bring your own project or work with someone else. Developers of all experience levels are welcome. We'll kick off with a very brief daily-style intro where everyone gives their name, says what they're working on and whether or not that want a hand... then we'll get our hack on. There will be at least a couple Carbon Five folks around to help out. Doors open around …

Startup Grind is an event series and website designed to help educate, inspire, and connect local entrepreneurs. Each month we welcome an amazing speaker who shares their story with our community and tells us what worked, what didn't, and what they'll do differently next time. It's an amazing opportunity to learn from the best, network with other members of the startup community, and improve your chances of entrepreneurial success.

Check out our website: southbayfunclub.com This Meetup site is set up to solicite New Members for our Singles club.   We are a dues ($35 yr) paying organization.   This site allows you to attend public gatherings with us.   We also have private gatherings in homes for dues paying members.   You are Welcome to attend public functions and inquire as to Joining our Membership. Our organization was founded (1993) to provide opportunities for singles and unmarried couples, ages 45 & up,  to social …

Sometimes it seems like all us atheists do is rail against the onslaught of organized religion and its influence on society. (I admit, I do my share of that.) But I’d also like to think we’re willing to give back to society with our minds and bodies, to help make a better world. So let’s do it! Working with LA Works, I’ll keep us abreast of good deeds we can do as a group – be it cleaning up a beach, helping the homeless, or whatever. Then we’ll have fun doing it, and maybe have a bite to eat af …

This is a group that celebrates and explores Los Angeles and the rich community of people who live here. Like an urban village with deep roots and diverse flavors . . .  L.A. is to me an Urban Pueblo. =) I'm looking forward to planning a wide variety of activities: from lectures at the Downtown Public Library to Dodger baseball games at Chavez Ravine; from the Farmer's Market in Barnsdall Park to the Tamale Festival in McArthur Park. =)  Let's go to Grand Central Market, Angels' Flight, The Holl …

The Greenway Trail in Whittier is a great path for any runner and cyclist to come out and have some fun. This is a group for any runners and cyclers who are interested in meetup on the Greenway Trail in Whittier. We can meet up a several points along the trail such as Greenleaf/Mar Vista rail road bridge, Palm Park , Norwalk Bridge or at Pionner Blvd, then from there we can run up the Whittier hills (Hellman Wilderness Park) or run on the San Gabrial River bed bike path or cycle North towards Sa …

This group is for Southland users (or potential users) of Groovy / Grails technologies. All levels are encouraged to come out and participate in tutorials, discussions, presentations and networking. Groovy is a Java scripting language and ecosystem, and Grails is Java's answer to Ruby on Rails: Groovy-based web applications with scaffolding, object-relational mapping, Groovy server pages and more.

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 inclusive Tech Socials provide a casual, unpreten …

LA 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 Los Angeles, Venice Beach and Santa Monica. Within this community we are promoting mentoring along with professional development within a open 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 feedbac …

Are you a Startup? Freelancer? Entrepreneur? Coder? Tired of working alone through the night? We've got you covered. Twice a month, from 7pm - 12am, come to Coloft and work the night away in an inspiring, and creative atmosphere, around like-minded, ambitious people. Who knows what can come out of this... the next billion-dollar idea perhaps? A $15 cover charge applies. Coloft members get priority registration and pay no cover. Added Bonus: work space, wifi, super awesome people. p.s. Follow us …

This group will focus on the use of Amazon CloudSearch for the development and deployment of search applications. Amamzon CloudSearch is a fully-managed search service in the cloud that runs in the AWS cloud. Presentations and discussions will cover topics such as: Set up and getting started with CloudSearch Configuring search fields Relevance tuning APIs and integration Security Working with other AWS services User cases and lessons learned This group is for anyone interested in search technolo …