{"id":25556,"date":"2016-05-02T09:30:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T16:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.xamarin.com\/?p=25556"},"modified":"2016-05-02T09:30:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T16:30:04","slug":"dive-into-a-xamarin-user-group-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/dive-into-a-xamarin-user-group-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Dive into a Xamarin User Group in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tThe past month has been an exciting one for mobile developers. At Microsoft Build 2016, we announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.xamarin.com\/xamarin-for-all\/\">Xamarin is included in all editions of Visual Studio<\/a>, including the free Visual Studio Community Edition, and last week at Xamarin Evolve 2016 we announced <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.xamarin.com\/live-from-evolve-new-xamarin-previews\/\">new previews for Xamarin Studio and Visual Studio<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.xamarin.com\/live-from-evolve-faster-and-easier-mobile-app-development-with-xamarin-forms\/\">major additions to Xamarin.Forms<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.xamarin.com\/live-from-evolve-open-source-xamarin-ready-for-you\/\">open-sourced the Xamarin SDKs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25530\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/03\/cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Miguel is proud to officially open source the Xamarin SDKs, including Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, and Xamarin.Forms.\" width=\"700\" height=\"272\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re brand new to Xamarin (welcome!) or are an experienced Xamarin developer looking to get started with some of our new features, the many\u00a0events this May are a great place to find help and information on all of the latest and greatest from Xamarin:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/SeattleMobileDevelopers\/events\/230745445\/\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Mobile .NET Developers<\/a>\u00a0\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Seattle, WA<\/strong>, May 3<\/li>\n<li>Xamarin Evolve 2016 Redux<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/NFLXUG\/events\/230469594\/\" target=\"_blank\">North Florida Xamarin User Group<\/a>\u00a0\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jacksonville, FL<\/strong>, May 9<\/li>\n<li><em>Evolve 2016 Recap + Building tvOS Apps<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/CTTDNUG\/events\/230812596\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canada&#8217;s Technology Triangle .NET User Group<\/a>\u00a0\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kitchener, ON<\/strong>, May 11<\/li>\n<li><em>Highlights from Xamarin Evolve 2016<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/MontrealMobileDevelopers\/events\/230476961\/?eventId=230476961\" target=\"_blank\">Montreal Mobile .NET Developers<\/a>\u00a0\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Montreal, QC<\/strong>, May 11<\/li>\n<li><em>From Traditional Xamarin to Xamarin.Forms<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Dutch-Mobile-NET-Developers-Group\/events\/229340793\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dutch Mobile .NET Developers<\/a> \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hilversum, Netherlands, May 12<\/li>\n<li><em>Xamarin REVOLVE16<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/nycmobiledev\/events\/229717356\/\" target=\"_blank\">NYC Mobile .NET Developers<\/a>\u00a0\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New York City, NY<\/strong>, May 17<\/li>\n<li><em>Build and Evolve Announcement Roundup<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/bostonmobiledev\/events\/230814994\/\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Mobile C# Developers<\/a>\u00a0\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cambridge, MA<\/strong>, May\u00a019<\/li>\n<li><em>Xamarin Evolve Recap &amp; Spring Fling Party<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Minnesota-Enterprise-Mobile\/events\/230232645\/\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Enterprise Mobile User Group<\/a>\u00a0\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Minneapolis, MN<\/strong>, May 19<\/li>\n<li><em>Xamarin Evolve 2016 Recap<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/houstonxug\/events\/230375741\/\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Xamarin User Group<\/a>\u00a0\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Houston, TX<\/strong>: May 19<\/li>\n<li><em>Build &amp; Evolve Wrap-up + Xamarin University Spring Fling<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/NetCoders\/events\/230784916\/?eventId=230784916\" target=\"_blank\">.NET Coders<\/a>\u00a0\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil<\/strong>, May 31<\/li>\n<li><em>Getting Started with Xamarin<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Didn&#8217;t see an event in your area?<\/h3>\n<p>Don&#8217;t\u00a0worry! Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/categories\/events\" target=\"_blank\">Xamarin Events Forum<\/a> for even more Xamarin meetups, hackathons, and other events\u00a0happening in your neck of the woods.<\/p>\n<h3>Interested in getting a developer group started?<\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;re here to help! Here are a few tools to help you out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/13080\" target=\"_blank\">Tips on Starting a Xamarin Developer Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/discussion\/12954\" target=\"_blank\">Introduction to Xamarin slide deck<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/xamarin-developer-group-growth-and-sponsorship\/\" title=\"Xamarin Community Sponsorship\" target=\"_blank\">Community Sponsorship Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, we love to hear from you, so feel free to <a href=\"mailto:hello@xamarin.com\" target=\"_blank\">send us an email<\/a> or tweet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/xamarinevents\" title=\"Xamarin on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@XamarinEvents<\/a> to let us know about\u00a0events in your area!\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The past month has been an exciting one for mobile developers. 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