{"id":29728,"date":"2017-02-01T11:55:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T19:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.xamarin.com\/?p=29728"},"modified":"2017-02-01T11:55:38","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T19:55:38","slug":"fall-in-love-with-xamarin-at-an-event-near-you-this-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/fall-in-love-with-xamarin-at-an-event-near-you-this-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall in Love with Xamarin at an Event Near You This February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tMobile .NET development meetups are springing up all over the world and are a great opportunity to learn something new, network with other developers, and get the latest on what&#8217;s happening with Xamarin. Increase your mobile development knowledge this month by joining a local user group! <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xamarin.com\/events\">Xamarin Events page<\/a> makes it easy to keep track of meetups, conferences, and other events happening in your area. There, you can view all Xamarin events, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xamarin.com\/events\/?action=nearby\">filter events to find one close to home<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/03\/Event-Blog-Pic.png\" alt=\"xdd-mxdx-blog-photo\" width=\"1000\" height=\"301\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29249\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here are just a few events happening around the world this month:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/87098\" target=\"_blank\">Webinar Series<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Online<\/strong>, February 1 &#8211; 28<\/li>\n<li><em>Intro to Mobile Center<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Perth-Mobile-NET-Xamarin-Developers\/events\/236954055\/\" target=\"_blank\">Perth Mobile .NET\/Xamarin Developers<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/03\/au.png\" alt=\"au\" width=\"16\" height=\"11\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Perth, Australia<\/strong>, February 1<\/li>\n<li><em>Award winning Xamarin.Forms apps: tips &amp; tricks<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/86122\" target=\"_blank\">Webinar Series<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Online<\/strong>, February 2 &#8211; 9<\/li>\n<li><em>Xamarin University &#8211; Getting Started<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/NFLXUG\/events\/237195312\/\" target=\"_blank\">North Florida Xamarin User Group<\/a> \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jacksonville, FL<\/strong>, February 6<\/li>\n<li><em>Intro to Visual Studio Mobile Center<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/87057\" target=\"_blank\">JORTEC Inform\u00e1tica 2017<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/03\/pt.png\" alt=\"pt\" width=\"16\" height=\"11\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Caparica, Portugal<\/strong>, February 7<\/li>\n<li><em>Xamarin Workshop: Code, Deploy, Distribute<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/SeattleMobileDevelopers\/events\/237168676\/\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Mobile .Net Developers<\/a> \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Seattle, WA<\/strong>, February 7<\/li>\n<li><em>Implementing &amp; Simplifying In-App Purchases for iOS and Android with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesMontemagno\">James Montemagno<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/87711\" target=\"_blank\">Syndney Mobile .NET\/Xamarin Developers<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/03\/au.png\" alt=\"au\" width=\"16\" height=\"11\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sydney, Australia<\/strong>, February 14<\/li>\n<li><em>Font Icons in Xamarin.Forms<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/87416\/\" target=\"_blank\">Montreal Mobile .Net Developers<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/03\/ca.png\" alt=\"ca\" width=\"16\" height=\"11\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Montr\u00e9al, QC<\/strong>, February 15<\/li>\n<li><em>Building intelligent chatbots for your Xamarin applications with Xamarin MVP <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/histechup\">Christian Hissibini<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/87652\" target=\"_blank\">Developers S\u00e3o Paulo<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/03\/br.png\" alt=\"br\" width=\"16\" height=\"11\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil<\/strong>, February 15<\/li>\n<li><em>Xamarin.Forms: Styles, Themes and MVVM with Prism<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/86634\" target=\"_blank\">Malaysia Mobile .NET Developers Group<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/03\/my.png\" alt=\"my\" width=\"16\" height=\"11\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia<\/strong>, February 25<\/li>\n<li><em>Xamarin BYOD Workshop C# &#8211; Part 1 with Xamarin MVP <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cheahengteong\">Eng Teong Cheah<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>There&#8217;s a Xamarin Developer Group Near You!<\/h3>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t see a local event above or on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xamarin.com\/events\">Xamarin Events page,<\/a> find the user group nearest you by using this interactive <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1V9Z2afKxvpEd3RirbIh2sALusl0&amp;usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Xamarin User Group Map<\/a> below:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Start a Xamarin Developer Group<\/h3>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t see a user group near you, we&#8217;ve gathered up the following useful resources on how to start your own local Xamarin User Group:<\/p>\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<\/ul>\n<p>As always, we also invite you 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 events in your area!<\/p>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xamarin.com\/events\" target=\"_blank\">Xamarin events page<\/a> for even more Xamarin meetups, conferences, hackathons, and other events happening near you this month.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile .NET development meetups are springing up all over the world and are a great opportunity to learn something new, network with other developers, and get the latest on what&#8217;s happening with Xamarin. 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