Often considered as not so serious in the recent past, Javascript has come a long way in becoming the most popular language used on all size projects. A handful of libraries such as jQuery brought it to the masses and unveiled the true potential of JS resulting in a widespread adoption of it. As you may find out it is very easy to get started with Javascript, almost instantly you can see your code being executed in the browser window and strike a superhero pose thinking out loud "I rock!!!". In …

Hang out and discuss JavaScript tips, tricks, hacks, and frameworks with some of the best scripters around. Show off cool stuff you've done and learn about what else is going on in the JS community. No pressure, no mandatory presentations. Come, hang out, and hear great people talk about cutting edge scripting.

If your growing list of Javascript books, articles, and tutorials to read through is as long as your list of projects to experiment with--and you know you're never going to finish all of them alone--this group is for you. Considering the pace of evolution in the Javascript world, trying to stay on top of all that's happening is at best optimistic, and at worst a fool's game. But don't surrender! Enjoy the support and encouragement of a community of like-minded Javascript coders and enthusiasts. …

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New to Ruby and/or Rails? Join us to get help with your coding questions and learn collaboratively in a supportive environment. This is a social meetup- come to meet others in the same boat as you and to help when you can. I'll also be available to answer your questions (I have a CS background and a few years of Rails experience). Bring your laptop, a project you're working on, and questions to ask. Or just come to hack in a cool environment. Been using Ruby/Rails for awhile? Join to help those …

A hacker space for JavaScript enthusiasts, coding educators and students, and those who want to make the web a cool and beautiful place. http://hackreactor.com Twitter: @HackReactor

A place to learn and discuss new developments in web technologies. We are not focused exclusively on any one language or framework. Instead, this group is to help developers explore the rapidly changing world of web development and understand new technologies and techniques that might fit their needs. We'll try to have a diverse set of events from speakers, to tutorials, to hack nights.

SF 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 SF. 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 recrui …

This group is designed for developers looking to discover APIs and services that can help speed up and modularize their development and so time is not wasted re-inventing wheels. We will meet and learn the ins and outs of a new API every week, and why that API is relevant to development. Every API demo will be fun and engaging, and the goal of this meetup is not only to learn, but to also have a great time and make friends!

These are not your typical software engineering events.  BASE is focused on emerging technologies and creating events around topics that have never been attempted.  Events may be around such topics as Big Data, Machine Learning, Robotics, Nanotechnology, 3D Printing, Synthetic Biology, Artificial Intelligence, Computer History, Computer Vision, Augmented Reality (AR), and using software to create art. BASE creates events only possible in San Francisco and the Bay area with experts from all walks …

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

Come discuss Javascript with some of the most talented programmers in the East Bay. Show off some of the cool projects you've been working on and talk about everything happening in the JS community. Let's share tips, tricks, hacks and frameworks! We don't have a JavaScript group in the East Bay so I thought I'd start one. Our first topic is an intro to Node. Come check it out! Logo provided by Oakland's Where It's AT-AT. http://www.oaklandiswhereitsatat.com/

Bay Area SAP Mobile Platform (BA-SMP) is a group of mobile architects and developers interested in mobile technologies focused on the enterprise. SAP Mobile Platform, SMP in short targets customer use cases ranging from online+real-time productivity apps to process based apps that can work in the middle of the Arctic circle.  We will cover HTML5/JS, Hybrid, Native and Meta Data Driven capabilites of SMP. We will include topics on integration with HTML5, jQuery Mobile, Titanium, Sencha Touch, pho …

Dev Bootcamp is a 9-week intensive training in an intimate class and lab setting. We teach professional web development using Ruby on Rails. We offer member of the Ruby community a chance to mentor our students. We host a Thursday Speaker Night. We also host private round table on-boarding discussions, workshops for beginners, workshop and weekend events for female developers and hiring events for companies looking for amazing junior talent.

This group is focused on developers and architects who have a deep desire to collectively solve challenges related to CQ5. This group was created specifically for Bay area (SF and San Jose) professionals. This group’s only intention is to provide a forum where technical practitioners can exchange ideas and seek support.

We're a community for anyone interested in developing and deploying web applications with HTML, CSS, PHP, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, OOP, MVC, jQuery, AJAX, Cloud Server, and Agile. We meet once or twice a month for discussion, collaboration, and networking with other like-minded people.  We have a terrific group of people from varying technical backgrounds.  All are welcome! For more information about us, and what we do, visit us at CodingDojo.co

You learned to hack in JavaScript almost by accident, and now it's a serious language with an amazing diversity of applications. This group welcomes all to learn about the reach of JavaScript weather it be client or server side web development, the best testing frameworks, how to run node on a raspberry pie, how 'let' changes what you can do, what W3C specifications might be right for the server side, how to correctly implement polyfills, or a myriad of other topics all around JavaScript.

This meetup is to network and connect local talented and skilled web developers who like to work on side projects (on nights and weekend basis from home) and make a few extra bucks, with companies and startups in need of talents that can get things done for and willing to work on their own hours for a slightly reduced rate. So you are welcome to join if: 1) You are a sharp/seasoned web developer with any of the following skills: - PHP - Python - HTML/CSS/Javascript/JQuery - Web Design - Etc …

We're a group of developers who enjoy happy hour and code. We'll be hosting various happy hour mixers, hackathons, and dev parties in SF and Mountain View. Do you occasionally code under the influence? Then join us!

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.