{"id":46327,"date":"2020-02-03T09:11:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T17:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/?p=46327"},"modified":"2020-02-10T09:02:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T17:02:25","slug":"february-xamarin-dotnet-developer-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/february-xamarin-dotnet-developer-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Xamarin and .NET Developer Events in February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-43722 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/Codemonkeys2-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"February Events blog thumbnail\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/Codemonkeys2-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/Codemonkeys2-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/Codemonkeys2-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/Codemonkeys2-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below are just a few of the community events happening this month. For a full list of developer engagements, browse through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/net\/community\">our Community page<\/a>. It includes links to local Meetups, Github, and StackOverflow accounts. As well as the developer Twitter, Gitter, and Facebook pages. Don&#8217;t forget to add your upcoming events to the <a href=\"https:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/categories\/events\">Xamarin Events Forum<\/a> and tweet the details to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/xamarinevents\">@XamarinEvents<\/a> to be included in next month&#8217;s event blog!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Developer Events in February:<\/h2>\n<h4>February 6:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Des Moines, IA. USA | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/iadnug\/events\/267738065\/\">Iowa .NET User Group<\/a>:<em> [.NET@Night] Walking into Mordor: The History and Future of DevOps<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>February 11:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Toronto, ON. Canada | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/TorontoMobileDevelopers\/events\/268246519\/\">Toronto Mobile .NET Developers Group<\/a>:<em> Developer Day Dual-Screen Experiences &#8211; SDK Launch Viewing Party at MS Reactor<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Montr\u00e9al, QC. Canada | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/MontrealMobileDevelopers\/events\/266561847\/\">Montreal Mobile .NET Developers<\/a>:<em> gRPC for .NET Developers: all you need to know<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Spokane, WA. USA | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Spokane-NET-User-Group\/events\/267937758\/\">Spokane .NET Users Group<\/a>:<em> Polishing Your Unit Testing Code<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>February 12:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rochester, NY. USA | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Rochester-Xamarin-Meetup\/events\/268439638\/\">Rochester Xamarin Meetup<\/a>:<em> Mobile development design<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>February 16:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sao Paulo, Brazil | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/DevelopersBR\/events\/268432332\/\">Developers-BR<\/a>:<em> [Online] Chaos Engineering in .NET<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>February 19:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cape Town, South Africa | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Cape-Town-Ms-Dev-User-Group\/events\/267989760\/\">Cape Town MS Developer User Group (@CPTMSDUG)<\/a>:<em> Journey to Event-driven Microservices<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>February 20:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Minneapolis, MN. USA | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Minnesota-Enterprise-Mobile\/events\/267886748\/\">Minnesota Enterprise Mobile<\/a>:<em> Building a Backend for Your Mobile Apps with Visual Studio App Center<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>February 22<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sydney, Australia | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monkeyfestau.com.au\/\">MonkeyFest AU<\/a>: <em>Australia&#8217;s Ultimate Xamarin &#038; Mobile Development Conference<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong> Singapore,  Singapore | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monkeyfest.io\/\">MonkeyFest 2020<\/a>: <em>The Ultimate Xamarin Conference packed with the latest and best of Native Cross Platform Development with .Net<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>February 25:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Edmonton, AB. USA | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Edmonton-NET-User-Group\/events\/268249141\/\">Edmonton .NET User Group<\/a>:<em> Lukasz Rozycki &#8211; ASP.NET Core and MVC 5<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>February 26:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Roseville, CA. USA | <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/NinjaCats\/events\/261430617\/\">Sacramento \/ Placer Users of DotNet<\/a>:<em> DotNet and Docker In Depth \ud83c\udf93<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Get More!<\/h2>\n<h3>101 .NET Video Tutorials<\/h3>\n<p>Discover the world of .NET Core with experts like Scott Hanselman and Kendra Havens from Microsoft. They walk through the ins and outs of .NET and how to build your first app.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Check out our newest <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/DotNET_101\">101 video tutorial series for .NET<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Channel 9<\/h3>\n<p>The .NET ecosystem is continuously growing and empowering developers to create amazing applications. Join us as we take a look at the APIs, the tooling, and some of the interesting projects being created in the .NET ecosystem.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Browse through Channel 9&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Shows\/On-NET\">On .NET<\/a> for tons of great content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Xamarin Show is all about native cross-platform mobile development for iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows with Xamarin. Join your host James Montemagno and guests as they discuss building mobiles apps, integrating SDKs, and extending mobile apps. As well as the latest Xamarin news. They also cover awesome apps mobile developers are building, and so much more.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Tune into <a href=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Shows\/XamarinShow\">The Xamarin Show<\/a> to create amazing applications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-43941 size-thumbnail alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/podcast-2-150x150.png\" alt=\"February Podcast Image\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Podcasts<\/h3>\n<p>Keep up with the latest in mobile and cloud with the official Visual Studio Mobile Developer podcast. Join your co-hosts Matt Soucoup and James Montemagno as they discuss what&#8217;s new in native cross-platform mobile and cloud development in C#, Xamarin, and Azure.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Subscribe to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xamarinpodcast.com\/\">Xamarin Podcast<\/a> for monthly updates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Streams<\/h3>\n<p>Join us for special Microsoft events, training opportunities, and talk shows with folks that build the Microsoft tools and frameworks. We&#8217;ll also host channels from technical community members that we know you&#8217;ll find interesting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Learn more about .NET, .NET Core, and Visual Studio through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/visualstudio\">Visual Studio Twitch<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/csharpfritz\">Jeff Fritz on Twitch<\/a> to watch him write .NET code live for websites and applications.<\/li>\n<li>Get content related to mobile app design &amp; development with a heavy emphasis on UX, Xamarin, and collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/davidortinau\">David Ortinau on Twitch<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Hang with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/jamesmontemagno\">James Montemagno on Twitch<\/a> Fridays at 2PM PST for .NET Coding, Xamarin, GitHub, &amp; more.<\/li>\n<li>Watch Toronto Mobile Developers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCASHUenPcHRI0Aabp2QAl6w\">live stream their next user group event.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Find <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL8paXyQ9MxDcCA9h3FAt2PVtx0aXAJqva\">localized content from LATAM<\/a> by MVPs and community leaders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Community<\/h3>\n<p>Meetups are a fun way to meet other like-minded developers and now, joining couldn\u2019t be easier. Learn tricks &amp; tips, discover the latest in Xamarin and .NET, or come just to be inspired.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Get the most from browsing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/net\/community\">our Community page<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Find presentations for building native mobile applications for iOS and Android with .NET and Xamarin. Each presentation folder contains PowerPoint presentation decks and README files with information on the presentation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Browse through the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/dotnet-presentations\/xamarin\">Xamarin Community Slide Decks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Get More Out of .NET<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dotnetfoundation.org\/blog\/2018\/12\/04\/announcing-net-foundation-open-membership\">Join .NET Foundation Meetup Pro<\/a>! With more than 340 groups in over 60 countries, there is a local developer group for everyone! Not seeing events in your area? Get the following support to start your own User Group by joining the .NET Foundation:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-38562 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/dotnet-bot_branded.png\" alt=\"February DotNet Bot\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meetup fee coverage;<\/li>\n<li>Promotion of upcoming events;<\/li>\n<li>Access to swag and giveaway items;<\/li>\n<li>Free technical content for presentations;<\/li>\n<li>User group analytics and group visibility;<\/li>\n<li>News about upcoming releases and how to get involved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/pro\/dotnet\/\">Join the .NET Foundation today!<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>February Community Events<\/h2>\n<p>Find the full list of developer engagements this February through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/net\/community\">our Community page<\/a>. Find links to Meetups, Github, and StackOverflow accounts. As well as the developer Twitter, Gitter, and Facebook pages. Follow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/xamarinevents\">@XamarinEvents<\/a> for upcoming Xamarin and .NET related events near you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A full list of Xamarin and .NET developer engagements this February! Find links to our Community page, local Meetups, Github projects, and StackOverflow accounts. As well as the developer Twitter, Gitter, and Facebook pages. 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