{"id":9937,"date":"2014-03-17T18:00:53","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T22:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.xamarin.com\/?p=9937"},"modified":"2014-03-17T18:00:53","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T22:00:53","slug":"end-march-with-a-great-mobile-meetup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/end-march-with-a-great-mobile-meetup\/","title":{"rendered":"End March with a Great Mobile Meetup!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tMarch has been a very exciting month for Xamarin developer groups. We have already seen several new groups have their inaugural meetup including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/OgdenMobileDevelopers\" title=\"Ogden Utah on Meetup.com\" target=\"_blank\">Ogden Utah<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Denver-Mobile-NET-Developers-Group\" title=\"Denver group on meetup.com\" target=\"_blank\">Denver<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/South-Florida-Xamarin-User-Group\/\" title=\"South Florida on Meetup.com\" target=\"_blank\">South Florida<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/novamobiledev\" title=\"Nova group on meetup.com\" target=\"_blank\">Northern Virginia<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Glasgow-Mobile-NET-Developers\" title=\"Glasgow group on meetup.com\" target=\"_blank\">Glasgow<\/a>! We want to welcome these groups to the Xamarin developers group community and thank all of our groups for their dedication to the Xamarin community by having great meetups each month. This month there were so many meetups that had to break it into two parts. We are over joyed to see even more new groups meeting this month to add to the plethora of meetups happening in the second half of the month.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/end-of-march-2014.png\" alt=\"end of march 2014\" width=\"562\" height=\"180\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9938\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here are some upcoming Xamarin developer group meetups:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Nashville-Xamarin-User-Group\/events\/170883882\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nashville Xamarin User Group<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/us.png\" alt=\"us\" width=\"16\" height=\"11\" style=\"text-align:center\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nashville, TN<\/strong>: Tuesday, Mar. 18th 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Something Fun! Xamarin University + Coding Dojo Part II<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\"><strong>New Group:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/NJ-Xamarin-Developers-Meetup\/events\/171409802\/\" target=\"_blank\">NJ Xamarin Developers Meetup<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/us.png\" alt=\"us\" width=\"16\" height=\"11\" style=\"text-align:center\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Montclair, NJ<\/strong>: Tuesday, Mar. 18th 7:00PM<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meet and Greet + Xamarin Discussion<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/London-NET-Developers-Group\/events\/166751032\/\" target=\"_blank\">London .NET Developers<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/ca.png\" alt=\"ca\" width=\"16\" height=\"11\" style=\"text-align:center\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>London, ON<\/strong>: Wednesday, Mar. 19th 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Build 2 apps for the price of one using MVVM and Portable Class Libraries<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\"><strong>New Group:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/discussion\/13764\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Mobile .NET<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/ca.png\" alt=\"ca\" width=\"16\" height=\"11\" style=\"text-align:center\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vancouver, BC<\/strong>: Thursday, Mar. 20th 7:00PM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Introductions &amp; Cross-platform .NET development!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/discussion\/13995\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Mobile C# Developer&#8217;s Group<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/us.png\" alt=\"in\" width=\"16\" height=\"11\" style=\"text-align:center\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cambridge, MA<\/strong>: Thursday, Mar. 20th 6:30PM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mastering Time and Space<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeremie_laval\" title=\"J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Laval on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Laval<\/a>, Xamarin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/discussion\/14246\" target=\"_blank\">Cape Town Xamarin Users Group<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/za.png\" alt=\"za\" width=\"16\" height=\"11\" style=\"text-align:center\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cape Town, South Africa<\/strong>: Thursday, Mar. 20th 5:30PM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visual Studio + Xamarin &amp; Introduction to Cross Platform Development<\/strong> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/DetroitMobileNetUsersGroup\/events\/169577262\/\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit Mobile .NET Users Group<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/us.png\" alt=\"us\" width=\"16\" height=\"11\" style=\"text-align:center\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Southfield, MI<\/strong>: Monday, Mar. 24th 6:00PM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Getting started with starter-mobile project template<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/NFLXUG\/events\/169836912\/\" target=\"_blank\">Northern Florida Xamarin User Group<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/us.png\" alt=\"us\" width=\"16\" height=\"11\" style=\"text-align:center\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jacksonville, FL<\/strong>: Tuesday, Mar. 25th 6:00PM<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Xamarin Test Cloud + Calabash<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/discussion\/14580\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney Mobile .NET Developers Group<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/au.png\" alt=\"au\" width=\"16\" height=\"11\" style=\"text-align:center\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sydney, Australia<\/strong>: Tuesday, Mar. 25th 6:30PM<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Azure Mobile Services with Xamarin and MvvmCross<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\"><strong>New Group:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/discussion\/14273\" target=\"_blank\">Warangal Xamarin Dev<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/in.png\" alt=\"in\" width=\"16\" height=\"11\" style=\"text-align:center\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Warangal, India<\/strong>: Saturday, Mar. 29th 10:00AM<\/li>\n<li><strong> Introduction &amp; Hands on with Xamarin Technologies <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\"><strong>New Group:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Los-Angeles-Mobile-NET-Developers-Group\/events\/164929452\/\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Mobile .NET Developers Group<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/us.png\" alt=\"us\" width=\"16\" height=\"11\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Northridge, CA<\/strong>: Monday, Mar. 31st 7:00PM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Google Glass Development with Xamarin<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t see your city listed above, don&#8217;t worry as new events and developer group meetups are being added frequently on the Xamarin <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/categories\/events\" target=\"_blank\">Events<\/a> forum. Feel free to also browse through past presentations on the Xamarin <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/categories\/presentations\" title=\"Presentations Forums\" target=\"_blank\">Presentations<\/a> forum. Here are a few new presentations given and shared recently:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/discussion\/14339\/\" target=\"_blank\">Introduction to iOS Programming in C#<\/a>, by Frank Krueger<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/discussion\/14503\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cross Platform Mobile Development with C#<\/a>, by Chris Koiak<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/discussion\/14090\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cross Platform Native Apps with Xamarin and MvvmCross<\/a>, by Alec Tucker<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/discussion\/13927\" target=\"_blank\">Introduction to ReactiveUI<\/a>, by Mike Bluestein<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are interested in starting a developer group in your city we are here to help you get started. We have <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/discussion\/13080\" title=\"Tips and tricks on starting a developer group\" target=\"_blank\">tips and trick<\/a> on staring a developer group, a brand new introduction to Xamarin <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.xamarin.com\/discussion\/12954\" title=\"Introduction to Xamarin slide deck\" target=\"_blank\">slide deck<\/a>, and of course our <a href=\"\/xamarin-developer-group-growth-and-sponsorship\/\" title=\"Xamarin Community Sponsorship\" target=\"_blank\">community sponsorship program<\/a> to get you on your way.  We also want to hear from you so please feel free to <a href=\"mailto:hello@xamarin.com\" target=\"_blank\">send us an email<\/a> or tweet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/xamarinhq\" title=\"Xamarin on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@XamarinHQ<\/a> so we can help spread the word and continue to grow the Xamarin community.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March has been a very exciting month for Xamarin developer groups. We have already seen several new groups have their inaugural meetup including Ogden Utah, Denver, South Florida, Northern Virginia and Glasgow! 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