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April 9, 2014 from 6pm to 9pm – Santa Fe College - Building S room S-326 (image from our friends at http://2014.33degree.org/ - nice!) Come on out to the April GatorJUG meeting. We have loads to talk about. 6:00-7:00 Pizza time (hopefully Satchel's) 7:00-8:30 Apr… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
March 27, 2014 from 6pm to 9pm – DeVry University Calling all Java lovers! Our March 2014 meeting is coming up. Please RSVP, spread the word and invite a friend. Join us and keep your skills sharp. Network and find new projects and people for your e… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
March 25, 2014 from 5:45pm to 7:45pm – UF Hilton University of Florida graduate Daniel Evenson founded Pathway Systems in 2008 to solve IT complexity problems using graph theory and modeling/simulation. Daniel will present strategies for documenti… Organized by AITP North Central Florida Chapter | Type: dinner, presentation
March 22, 2014 all day – Seminole State College orlando code camp - 3.22.14 The 9th annual Orlando Code Camp will be held at Seminole State College on Saturday, March 22nd, 2014!As always, this is a free all-day event made possible by our awesom… Organized by Orlando Code Camp | Type: confrence
March 12, 2014 from 6pm to 9pm – Santa Fe College - Building S room S-326 Please join us for our March meeting. Our JUG has a group here on Codetown: http://www.codetown.us/groups/gatorjugtown Join it and be notified about meetings. It's also a great place to network and a… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
February 26, 2014 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm – Community Foundation of Sarasota Please join us for our February meeting, presented by Steve Goldsmith. Abstract: Computer vision is a field that includes methods for acquiring, processing, analyzing, and understanding images and, i… Organized by Chris Schaefer | Type: meeting
February 24, 2014 to February 25, 2014 – Atlanta Atlanta’s most exciting conference for professional software developers is back in 2014! Come discover how the industry’s best minds use the latest technologies to build solutions to business problem… Organized by AtlantaJUG | Type: conference
February 20, 2014 from 6pm to 9pm – DeVry University Join us for a Clojure talk by Tapestry author Howard Lewis Ship. Thanks to Consultis for Pizza and Cambridge Web Design for organization. Here's a little about what Howard plans to cover: "Clojure… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
February 12, 2014 from 6pm to 9pm – Santa Fe College - Building S room S-318 Join us for a Clojure talk by Tapestry author Howard Lewis Ship. Stay tuned for details! Here's a little about what Howard plans to cover: "Clojure is a fascinating new(er) programming language,… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
January 27, 2014 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm – Sarasota Community Center All, Please join me in our first SunJUG meeting of 2014 with a presentation by Vladimir Vivien of Pivotal, Inc - "Modern Messaging with RabbitMQ". For this month we will be meeting on Monday rather… Organized by Chris Schaefer | Type: meeting
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