In this group we'll make our way through the book "Seven Languages in Seven Weeks: A Pragmatic Guide to Learning Programming Languages," by Bruce Tate. It's a quick deep-dive into seven very different languages: Ruby, Io, Prolog, Scala, Erlang, Clojure and Haskell. I know almost nothing about these languages myself -- I'm a JavaScript guy with some very limited exposure to Ruby -- and do not expect to become an expert in any of them overnight, but I am excited to dive into paradigms I know nothi …

Team Asha NYC/NJ is a well reputed marathon training program in the New York City metro area. Team Asha is also one of the largest fundraisers for Asha for Education, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that supports educational initiatives across India for underprivileged children. The Team Asha marathon training program brings to each participant a custom training plan with a focus on individual goals. Whether you are a first time marathon runner or a seasoned runner, our coaches provide a tra …

A group for both learning functional programming and exploring the limits of the F# programming language. Programmers of all skill levels and backgrounds are welcome.

Thought Machine is a group that's interested in building and discussing tools that help make working programmers more efficient and more effective. We're interested in languages, frameworks, utilities, philosophies, methodologies, and wild ideas of all kinds. What does programming look like in the future? Let's all get together and talk about it.

The NY Haskell Users Group is for all programmers either interested in or experienced with the Haskell programming language. We want to build a community of Haskell developers in the New York area that can share knowledge, projects, and experience, and to generally foster and encourage strongly typed functional programming, in all languages, all settings, and all industries. Our events will center around talks, but we intend to have other sorts of activities, including social hours, code worksho …

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.

Ruby group focused on teaching people that want to be programmers by doing. Pair programming is leveraged to expose members to various styles, methods and approaches to the same problem. A basic understanding of programming concepts is expected.

This meetup group is a source for professionals in the newspaper, magazine, and book industries to share ideas on touch technologies.  This group discusses the aspects of the business, programing, art, and publishing of slate devices like the iPad and other future touch technologies.  We will delve into the impact of these devices as they pertain to the best uses as well as develop and incorporate interactive capabilities.  It is important that everyone in this group has a significant amount of …

The Grief Recovery Method® Outreach Program is an Action Program for Moving Beyond Death, Divorce, and Other Losses. People say you have to let go and move on in your life, but they don’t tell you what you need to do to accomplish that. Your feelings are normal and natural. Whether your loss is from: • Death • Divorce or end of a relationship • Loss of a career • Loss of trust • Loss of faith • Loss of safety • Loss of health The Grief Recovery Method® Outreach Program not only makes that possib …

Hello! Want to run your best? Join in coached running programs. There are sprint programs and distance running programs. You will also find running clinic that focus on specific aspects of running, such as speed, pacing, and fitness. This group is lead by certified fitness trainer and USA Track and Field Coach Kaylin. MAXFIT 360 is a  Sport Fitness company created by myself that does indoor and outdoor sports style workouts. You can learn more about the company as a whole by visiting  the websit …

Socially Functional is a meetup group for programmers that like to chat/scheme/vent about functional programming. It is also known as Functional Alcoholics, which is a hilarious pun except when people see it out of context and think you have a drinking problem. We have weekly hacking sessions at a coffee shop, and bar meetups at fairly random intervals. If you have an idea for a good bar or other venue, post it!

I wanted to create a group for people who are have knowledge of low-level aspects of computing to share code, programming techniques, and explanations for why things work the way they do. The idea is for people who have really delved into a software topic at a low level to share what they have learned. If you know assembly and can help explain how to use the timer interrupts for PWM on an Arduino, then we'd love to hear you speak. If you have insight on how TCP is implemented in the kernel, …

Meet local programmers interested in Haskell, Ocaml, Erlang, Scheme and other functional programming languages.

We're a rails programming shop in midtown that wants to interact more with the local rails, and other programming communities. We want this to be a knowledge sharing, experimentation venue.

Calling all project and program managers willing to grow and improve their results at work, at home and in their communities. In a recent survey, project and program managers indicated that the most important skills needed to succeed in their roles are leadership, communication and the ability to stay calm under pressure. Yet many of then also indicated that they felt that they were lacking in those skills and would love to find an environment where they can work at improving them. This group wi …

Free office hours for programming help - any programming language, all skill levels. The format is super simple: you come with your laptop, sit and hang out and code, and flag down one of the organizers if you have a question.  That's it! If we can't answer your question, we'll find you someone who can, or at least point you in the right direction. Note that this is a meetup for people learning to code. Experienced developers are more than welcome, though - we appreciate the help! Entrepreneurs …

nyhacker is a non-profit connector and mentorship organization led by hackers, for hackers. Our mission is to sustain and grow a hacker culture through shared resources, mentorship, programming, and opportunities. Please use this group to propose and organize your own nyhacker events and programs. If you need funding, volunteers, help, or anything else email us at brandon@nyhacker.org. tl;dr -- free events, pizza, beer, jobs, and funding for hackers (by hackers). Please Note: Our events ( …

KTCP By "Kyusho International" The Kyusho Tactical Control Program is designed for Law Enforcement, Security Personnel, EMS, or any other Agency that might have a need to physically control and restrain someone after the initial stage of verbal command has passed. Because the "use of force" issue is under fierce public attention, field officer's own safety is put at risk. The brave men and women who are in charge of protecting us are up against brutal and uncaring criminals. They are being forc …

Hackers + Designers + Entrepreneurs = Code Crew! Passionate about learning how to code, creating beautiful designs or building the prototype for your business idea and tired of doing it alone? Then this is the group for you! This is the perfect group for people serious about learning how to code through self-study using resources on the web like Code School, Codecademy, Treehouse, P2PU, Coursera, edX, Udacity, programming books, screencasts or whatever else is out there on the internet. We also …

HackDays is a meetup based on the philosophy that: You're a lot more productive when there's a time limit When learning to code, the fastest way to learn is to make something The best way to be introduced to new programming concepts is by interacting with other hackers You don't have to be a code ninja - a lot of HackDays participants are brand new to programming. There are plenty of experienced CS students and hackers around to help. If you're a current college student (CS or otherwise) and w …

JUG Events will focus on Java programming best practices and principles along with using Java with emerging technologies like Big Data, Robotics, Augmented Reality and focus in on industries like Medicine, Media, and Finance. We will only have the best speakers, food, beer, and networking available.

Ready to make a positive change in your life? As a Health Coach, I am your personal advocate for living an energized and passionate life. I work with my clients to help them create happy, healthy lives in way that is flexible, fun and free of denial and discipline. By working together, we can discover the food and lifestyle choices that best support you. Making gradual, lifelong changes enables you to reach your current and future health goals. You have support from myself as well as other membe …

A monthly event inviting folks from other disciplines who are intimidated or frightened by the prospect of learning programming to join a judgment-free community that will offer free education and fellowship. The Meetup is typically split into three sections - Section 1 - Learn2Code: An introductory session on some aspect of actual programming with real coding examples. Section 2 - API Junkie: An introduction to the world of APIs. Learn how easy it is to develop using a specific API. Section 3 …

Get together with fellow hackers, tech Meetups from across NYC, and the best APIs around for the first ever cross-language hackathon tournament. Every programming language and platform has its strengths and weaknesses, its devoted fans and its bitter detractors. To celebrate the techno-diversity that makes software programming such a fascinating sport, we're hosting a series of hackathons at Meetup HQ... JavaScript in June PHP in July Python and Ruby in August FINAL BATTLE OF THE BRACES in Sept …

Scala is a programming language with an advanced type system that compiles into bytecode for widely used virtual machines. We host technical meetups on intermediate and advanced topics in the language, as well as workshops for Scala Types of any skill level. Many of our past meetups appear on our vimeo channel.

Starting to learn Ruby and Rails? This group is for Ruby, Rails, and programming beginners looking to get together and learn from each other. At this meetup, there won't be an expert walking around, helping you overcome roadblocks by giving you the solution. Instead, this group aims to be a gathering of the 'blind', those of us starting on the journey towards becoming developers, working together to share insights and knowledge. Bring a project you've been working on. Bring a Hacker News article …

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.

Hello Gran Fondoers, This is Coach David from CIS Training Systems Cycling Program. Welcome! “This is a group for anyone interested in doing the Gran Fondo NYC Ride on May 19, 2013. All skills levels are welcome. I started this group because I would like to assist members of this group with an opportunity to Train with Purpose and not only ride the 2013 Gran Fondo course, but to CRUSH IT... and take names in the process. So if you are looking to challenge yourself mentally and psychically, this …