Codetown ::: a software developer's community
September 29, 2025 at 6pm to October 1, 2025 at 7pm – Colorado Springs Marriott It's hard to believe, but we're in the last few weeks heading up to the dev2next 2025 conference. I'm eager to welcome speakers and attendees at the event. The Near Time Registrati… Organized by Venkat | Type: conference
October 19, 2021 from 6:30pm to 8pm – Zoom For our October presentation, we are delighted to host Terry Martin-Back presenting "5 Great Tips for Giving Great Presentations". The presentation will be held on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 from 7… Organized by Michael Lucas | Type: presentation
October 23, 2020 to October 24, 2020 – Online A Java-focused conference from Belarus, @jfuturedev, now goes online and it means international! Join the event on October 23-24 from any part of the planet. Grab your early bird ticket at 17 EUR o… Organized by Space_ | Type: jvm, conference
September 22, 2020 from 6pm to 8pm – Zoom Join us in welcoming Anthony Sequeira of ITProTV as he presents “An Introduction to Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure“. The public is welcome and there is no charge to view this Zoom presenta… Organized by Michael Lucas | Type: presentation
July 28, 2020 from 6pm to 8pm – Zoom For our July 2020 meeting we are delighted to host Don Pezet of ITProTV as he presents “Manage Your Change Control Process with Git”. The presentation will start Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 6 PM via Zo… Organized by Michael Lucas | Type: informational, presentation
March 24, 2020 from 6pm to 8pm – ITProTV For our March 2020 meeting we are delighted to host Anthony Sequeira of ITProTV as he presents "An Introduction to Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure". The meeting will take place Tuesday, Mar… Organized by Michael Lucas | Type: presentation
February 25, 2020 from 6pm to 8pm – ITProTV Campus For our February 2020 meeting we are delighted to host Mike Rodrick of ITProTV as he presents "Are you ready for DaaS? Windows Virtual Desktop is ready for you!" The meeting will take place Tuesday,… Organized by Michael Lucas | Type: educational, presentation
January 28, 2020 from 6pm to 8:30pm – ITProTV For our January 2020 meeting we are delighted to host Dan Rua of Admiral as he presents "Visitor Relationship Management: Determining the Future of the Internet". The meeting will take place Tuesday… Organized by Michael Lucas | Type: presentation
January 23, 2020 from 6pm to 8pm – Starter Studio Join us for a talk featuring Richard Thibault Richard Thibault is a full-stack web and mobile developer with over 25 years of experience in the software industry. He is currently focused on Java a… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meetup
August 22, 2019 from 6pm to 8pm – Starter Studio Join us for a Git presentation featuring RustyRusty Phillips has been a polyglot developer for over 20 years (and Java to some degree during all of that time), and has spent that time special… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meetup
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Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
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