This is the Django Houston Meetup. We will cover high to low level topics over the Django Web Framework. It is assumed that you have some basic knowledge in python. You can follow us on twitter @djangohouston Here are some resources to wet your appetite: Django Django Tutorial Python Python Tutorial See you at the meetup!

This Dev Meet Up is a social gathering for developers to discuss geospatial technologies, complementary third-party tools, and development platforms (e.g., Silverlight, Java, Flex, JavaScript) that are supported by Esri. Presentations run the gamut of our community: from Web development to mobile location development for iOS, Android and Windows Phone 7 to automating tasks with Python. Developers of all levels of expertise are welcome, from seasoned GIS professionals to those new to geospatial d …

This is an Austin-based group devoted to making web development with Python freaking fun. Come join us to learn all the new hotness about your favorite Python-based web frameworks, meet fellow developers, and get some free beer and pizza. Contribute and vote for ideas for upcoming meetings on Google Moderator Follow us on twitter: @awpug

We all know Austin has a great RoR meetup group, but what if you want to work on your RoR projects? This is for those who are pursuing side projects, but hate to do it alone. Feel free to collaborate, work alone, or just chill out.

Whether you are interested in career advancement or just home computing, building computer skills can make you more reliable and productive. I used online videos to learn how to edit a wiki, install a software package, and program in python. I started this group because I think interacting with like minded people would supplement watching the videos. Let's meet on a regular basis to learn beginner+ to intermediate computer skills. Each meeting topic could be a stand alone mini-topic, or part of …

The Houston Open Development User Group is about all things programming. If it's got source code, we want to know about it. We cover everything from Ruby to Javascript to Python to mobile development. The topics are partially driven by the attendees and what we as a group want to learn more about. If you're a programmer, we want you in our audience. If you have a topic you'd like to see us cover, please recommend a topic via our UserVoice page.

OWASP Houston Chapter is a group for people that are interested in learning about application security. At our quarterly meetings we will provide quality presentations, food, beverages, and a chance to network. OWASP membership is not required to attend. We will also be hosting a monthly happy hour for security professionals. The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is an open-source application security project. The OWASP community includes corporations, educational organizations, and …

Learn and improve your skills with the Python programming language. Austin already has two excellent Python meetups for people familiar with the language (Austin Python and Austin Web Python). This meetup is for novice and experienced programmers alike who want to learn how to use Python idiomatically and pragmatically to build cool things, from web apps to hardware hacking to data science. The discussion list is a friendly, local resource for answering your Python questions, and our meetups are …

PyLadies is a social/professional group for female Python programmers at every experience level. Developers and aspiring developers only, please.  (Beginners are always welcome!) Join us on IRC: #pyladies Don't forget to follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pyladiesatx Ask us questions in our local Google Group: https://groups.google.com/group/pyladies-austin Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PyladiesAustin And if you'd like to get some more information about our parent organiza …

This is a group for anyone interested in Platform as a Service, Cloud Computing, Python, Ruby, PHP, EC2, Heroku, etc. All skills levels are welcome. I started this group to meet other open source enthusiasts using cloud computing for their software development needs. Looking forward to exploring this technology with everybody.

Drink scotch and delicious craft beers while nerding out about Hacker News type stuff: startups, why your web app framework is better than my framework, A/B testing approaches to hitting on the opposite sex, why Twitter still won't make it, and why Apple is the king of all that is good.

First 20 min is A meet+greet. We spend an hour on learning syntax, where it's used, examples of it being used effectively. Beginners are welcome.  Many patient people come to these and can help you get your machine setup to program effectively. 2nd hour on is getting down to the practice of programming using community projects as a base. Don't worry if you don't have a machine. We are meeting in a computer lab that currently accommodates 26. Save your work online so you can access it when you ge …

This is a group for those interested in learning more about MongoDB--the high performance, schema free, document oriented database. We'll be doing a deep dive into MongoDB each month. If you're interested in sharing your experience, or have specific topics you'd like covered, let us know!

We're a group of fun people working in the IT biz. We meet for: Happy Hours, dinner, lunch/brunch, potluck dinners, card & board games and more! The goal of this group is first and foremost to have fun! Also, meet other IT folks, discuss and share your expertise with others and in turn, learn about other areas of IT & new technology. Also, if you're searching for a new position or have a friend you'd like to help, come to learn about job openings in Austin (I'm a Technical Recruiter, btw). Don't …

Calling all DevOps! Are you hacking the next generation of cloud computing on Amazon Web Services (AWS)? We're talking about best practices, security principles, cost accounting, and -- most importantly -- how to scale on the largest public cloud in the (known!) universe! We're language-agnostic but with a decided bent toward scripting languages like Python, Javascript, PHP, Ruby, as well as Java and Scala. We're talking about both the infrastructure, architecture, and engineering side as well a …