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Edgar A.'s Groups (8)
Build Team Town
4 members Latest Activity: Oct 6, 2009 You love Ant and other build tools. You can build an app, run a suite of tests, create a jar, deploy it. Or, you want to learn. This is your group!
SeneJUG Town
7 members Latest Activity: Jun 5, 2014 The SeneJUG is the West African Java Users Group. Our vibrant community meets in Dakar, Senegal. SeneJUG Town is our virtual meeting point. Ba…
Flex Loft
13 members Latest Activity: Aug 2, 2010 The Flex Loft is a place Flex coders can come to share ideas, ask questions and share tips about Flex, a powerful user interface programming…
Python
15 members Latest Activity: Jul 14, 2018 Python. Life's better without braces.
Ruby Town
14 members Latest Activity: Dec 5, 2012 Ruby has made an impact on patterns of software development with its elegant syntax and Rails, an intelligent framework designed to simplify coding.
iPhone Development
40 members Latest Activity: Jan 29, 2015 iPhone development is going nuts! All the apps, all the possibilities. Objective-C is the language. The SDK is out. Shops are springing up everywhere…
Freelance Village
11 members Latest Activity: Jul 6, 2018 Freelancing? Whether you're new or an old timer, this is the place for you! Share your tips and explore the possibilities here.
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
Notes
Welcome to Codetown!
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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