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 …

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 …

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.