{"id":31326,"date":"2017-05-01T11:38:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T18:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.xamarin.com\/?p=31326"},"modified":"2019-04-04T00:04:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T07:04:19","slug":"xamarin-events-blossoming-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/xamarin-events-blossoming-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Xamarin Events Blossoming in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile .NET developer meetups and events are amazing opportunities to learn something new, network with other developers, and get the latest on what&#8217;s happening with Xamarin and related technologies. Boost your own knowledge of native mobile development this month by joining a user group near you! <\/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; you can view all of the Xamarin events happening around the world, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xamarin.com\/events\/?action=nearby\">filter events to find one close to home<\/a>.\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/03\/IMG_20170427_144456.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-30833\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is just a small sample of the awesome Xamarin developer events happening around the globe this month: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.xamarin.com\/dev-days\">Xamarin Dev Days<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Global<\/strong>, April&ndash;November<\/li>\n<li><em>Free Xamarin + Azure training and workshop<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/94146\/\">Maratona Xamarin Brazil<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brazil<\/strong>, May<\/li>\n<li><em>6 week training + 2 week app development<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/94153\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lagos de Moreno Mobile .NET Developers<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco (Mexico)<\/strong>, May 4<\/li>\n<li><em>Mobile Applications Connected to Azure<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/94460\/\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Mobile C# Developers<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cambridge, MA<\/strong>, May 17<\/li>\n<li><em>Microsoft Build Recap<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/94329\/\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Enterprise Mobile<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Minneapolis, MN <\/strong>, May 18<\/li>\n<li><em>MVVM and Prism in Xamarin.Forms<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/94457\/\" target=\"_blank\">Madison Mobile .Net Developers Group<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Madison, WI <\/strong>, May 24<\/li>\n<li><em>An Intro to Xamarin.Forms &#8211; Creating 3 Beautiful Apps at Once<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/94252\/\">Xpand IT<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lisbon, Portugal<\/strong>, May 25<\/li>\n<li><em>Xamarin Experience &#8211; Creating Contextual Mobile Experiences<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Find a Xamarin Developer Group Near You<\/h3>\n<p>For the full list of monthly events, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xamarin.com\/events\">Xamarin Events page<\/a> or use this interactive <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1V9Z2afKxvpEd3RirbIh2sALusl0&amp;usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">Xamarin User Group Map<\/a>:\n<center><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1g1LU-9wR5F8-6RBiB1ZlEic1Agk\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Start a Xamarin Developer Group<\/h3>\n<p>If you aren&#8217;t finding a user group near you, start one of your own by following these useful resources on how to develop a 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 developer meetups and events are amazing opportunities to learn something new, network with other developers, and get the latest on what&#8217;s happening with Xamarin and related technologies. 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