January 2013

Selected events in the UK and elsewhere in January

The H Community Calendar presents the coming month's events in various open source, development, Linux, Unix and other communities, from multi-day conferences to user group get-togethers.

If you are an event organiser, let The H know about your event by sending us a mail at thehcc@h-online.com, or if you're on Twitter, add the #thehcc tag to your tweeted announcement.

Note: Most events listed take place in the evening. Check times and locations before travelling.

3 January - PHP - London SE1

Who: PHP London
What: PHP London meetup – Lightning talks. Five minutes talking with two minutes of questions on any subject that will be of general interest to the community.
Cost: Free / Register on Meetup

8 January - Ajax - London EC1V

Who: London Ajax User Group
What: User group meeting – The topic for January is JavaScript data querying. Thomas Bradford will be giving a talk about Objeq, and the topic in general. A second talk has yet to be confirmed.
Cost: Free / Register at Skills Matter and on Meetup

9 January - Linux - Reading

Who: Silicon Corridor Linux User Group
What: A regular social evening for Linux users in the Reading area.
Cost: Free (no registration necessary)

14 January - Ruby - London EC1V

Who: London Ruby User Group
What: Regular monthly meetup – LRUG will be kicking off the new year with a "pub quiz" at Skills Matter, complete with prizes for the winning teams. After the quiz, the meetup will continue in the pub.
Cost: Free / Register at Skills Matter

15 January - Java - London W1S

Who: London Java Community
What: London Developer Sessions – regular monthly social meeting.
Cost: Free / Register on Meetup

17 January - Scala - London EC2R

Who: London Scala Users' Group
What: LSug Scala coding dojo – a regular coding dojo session run on the third Thursday of every month.
Cost: Free / Register on Meetup

21 January - Groovy & Grails - London

Who: London Groovy & Grails User Group
What: LGGUG user group meetup – another opportunity to get some Groovy coding practice and look at ways to solve different programming problems.
Cost: Free / Register at SkillsMatter and on Meetup

25-27 January 2013 - CouchDB - Berlin

Who: CouchDB
What: CouchDB Conf Berlin – a one-day conference and a two-day Barcamp/Hackathon for the CouchDB community by the CouchDB community.
Cost: €50 / Register

26-27 January 2013 - Hack Day - Oxford

Who: NHS Hack Day
What: NHS Hack Day – a weekend event that brings together doctors, nurses, developers, designers, and other "geeks who love the NHS" to create disruptive solutions to problems in the health space.
Cost: Free / Register

29 January - Data - London

Who: Big Data London
What: Big Data London meetup – the 15th Big Data London meetup will take place at the end of the first day of Cloud Expo Europe.
Cost: Free / Register for Cloud Expo Europe (check "Big Data Meet Up" under "Your preferences") and on Meetup

30 January 2013 - Python - London WC1B

Who: FLOSSUK
What: Intermediate Python training – a full-day tutorial for people who have experience in programming, but have just "picked up" Python and want to understand how it works.
Cost: from £192 (Individual member) to £480 (non-member) (Early Bird rates until 11 Jan) / Register

Coming later this year

12-13 February 2013 - Perl - London WC1H

Who: FLOSSUK
What: Intermediate Perl training – a two-day course for people who want to advance from being “someone who uses Perl” to being a “Perl programmer”.
Cost: from £395 (Individual member) to £500 (non-member) (Early Bird rates until 14 Jan) / Register

14-15 February 2013 - Perl - London WC1H

Who: FLOSSUK
What: Advanced Perl training – a two-day course for people who have a lot of experience with Perl, but who need to learn about the latest techniques.
Cost: from £395 (Individual member) to £500 (non-member) (Early Bird rates until 14 Jan) / Register

9 March 2013 - Raspberry Pi - Manchester

Who: Raspberry Jam
What: Raspberry Jamboree 2013 – Raspberry Jam is the global user group for anyone with an interest in the Raspberry Pi computer and the aim of the Raspberry Jamboree is to focus on the impact that this low-cost computer is having on education and its potential.
Cost: £10 / Register

If you are an event organiser, let The H know about your event by sending us a mail at thehcc@h-online.com, or if you're on Twitter, add the #thehcc tag to your tweeted announcement.