This February, discover the world of Xamarin and .NET development through in-person and virtual opportunities happening all month long. Explore recent news and updates with your community at local developer Meetups, or online from the comfort of your home!

Below are just a few of the community events happening this month. For a full list of developer engagements, browse through our Community page. It includes links to local Meetups, Github, and StackOverflow accounts. As well as the developer Twitter, Gitter, and Facebook pages. Don’t forget to add your upcoming events to the Xamarin Events Forum and tweet the details to @XamarinEvents to be included in next month’s event blog!

Developer Events in February:

February 6:

• Des Moines, IA. USA | Iowa .NET User Group: [.NET@Night] Walking into Mordor: The History and Future of DevOps

February 11:

• Toronto, ON. Canada | Toronto Mobile .NET Developers Group: Developer Day Dual-Screen Experiences – SDK Launch Viewing Party at MS Reactor
• Montréal, QC. Canada | Montreal Mobile .NET Developers: gRPC for .NET Developers: all you need to know
• Spokane, WA. USA | Spokane .NET Users Group: Polishing Your Unit Testing Code

February 12:

• Rochester, NY. USA | Rochester Xamarin Meetup: Mobile development design

February 16:

• Sao Paulo, Brazil | Developers-BR: [Online] Chaos Engineering in .NET

February 19:

• Cape Town, South Africa | Cape Town MS Developer User Group (@CPTMSDUG): Journey to Event-driven Microservices

February 20:

• Minneapolis, MN. USA | Minnesota Enterprise Mobile: Building a Backend for Your Mobile Apps with Visual Studio App Center

February 22

• Sydney, Australia | MonkeyFest AU: Australia’s Ultimate Xamarin & Mobile Development Conference
• Singapore, Singapore | MonkeyFest 2020: The Ultimate Xamarin Conference packed with the latest and best of Native Cross Platform Development with .Net

February 25:

• Edmonton, AB. USA | Edmonton .NET User Group: Lukasz Rozycki – ASP.NET Core and MVC 5

February 26:

• Roseville, CA. USA | Sacramento / Placer Users of DotNet: DotNet and Docker In Depth 🎓

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Streams

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    • Follow Jeff Fritz on Twitch to watch him write .NET code live for websites and applications.
    • Get content related to mobile app design & development with a heavy emphasis on UX, Xamarin, and collaboration with David Ortinau on Twitch.
    • Hang with James Montemagno on Twitch Fridays at 2PM PST for .NET Coding, Xamarin, GitHub, & more.
    • Watch Toronto Mobile Developers live stream their next user group event.
    • Find localized content from LATAM by MVPs and community leaders.

Community

Meetups are a fun way to meet other like-minded developers and now, joining couldn’t be easier. Learn tricks & tips, discover the latest in Xamarin and .NET, or come just to be inspired.

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February Community Events

Find the full list of developer engagements this February through our Community page. Find links to Meetups, Github, and StackOverflow accounts. As well as the developer Twitter, Gitter, and Facebook pages. Follow @XamarinEvents for upcoming Xamarin and .NET related events near you!