This group is for Magento users, developers and business owners all over the Midwest - from Chicago to Milwaukee and beyond. The goal is to meet and share insights, challenges, best practices and success stories. If you're interested in e-commerce using the open source Magento platform, this is the group for you!

Join us if you would like to hear about upcoming Tech Talks hosted by Morningstar, Inc. in Chicago, IL.

This group is intended to create a forum for web developers in the city of Chicago. In true open-source fashion I hope that PHP users and web developers of all kinds can come together in forums and in meet-ups to share ideas, thoughts and practice to advance the LAMP community as a whole. If you are a PHP developer, looking to get into PHP, part of a company using the LAMP stack or are just curious about new web development practices, you should join us and attend our meet-ups. We will have pres …

Meet other local Linux and Open Source enthusiasts to talk about the latest news and software. New users as well as gurus are welcome to attend!  Bring in your PC or laptop, yearning to be set free!

About BuddyPress BuddyPress is a robust WordPress plugin that can transform WordPress into a fully featured social networking platform. Build a social network for your company, school, sports team or niche community all based on the power and flexibility of WordPress. Out of the box, users can create profiles, befriend one another, send private messages, form and join groups, follow activity streams, create blogs, and participate in forum discussions. But the best part about BuddyPress is that i …

A group for users of Apache Cassandra to meet and discuss the popular "NoSQL" database. If you use Apache Cassandra in a production environment, or you are thinking about using it, you should come along to learn from others in the same boat. http://cassandra.apache.org/

Workshop 88 is a hackerspace (also know as a makerspace) located in Chicago’s western suburbs. Focused on science, technology, mechanics, culture and the digital arts we offer a space were people with diverse backgrounds can socialize, collaborate and learn. Through shared resources, knowledge and ideas we strive to create a space that promotes community and learning. Workshop 88 is located in 481 N Main St. Rear Building Unit B, in downtown Glen Ellyn, IL. If you are interested in learning mor …

Welcome to the Chicago Woman Developers Meet-up Chicago Women Developers (CWDevs) is run by a group of women from a variety of background and technical expertise. We have one thing in common: we are passionate about coding and we are passionate about women in tech. We host a variety of classes and events for women at all technical skill levels, see you soon.

We are a group of WordPress lovers - users, developers, and those just curious about what WordPress is. We exist to support one another and learn from each other.

Lets start coding, we'll create open source projects and assign you a section to code.

This meetup is to help bring together dev and ops folks in chicagoland area working with Hbase to exchange notes and discuss ideas for roadmap

Bugs suck, let's kill em! And along the way, lets learn something about the tools and frameworks that we use every day, meet some new people, and consume beer and pizza :) Experienced software developers from any background are welcome. Come with a development environment and a library whose issue list is just a little too long for your liking.

VortexHealing® divine energy healing is not only a healing art, but a path for awakening. It is designed to transform the roots of emotional consciousness, heal the physical body, and awaken freedom within the human heart. This group’s focus, will be to assist others interested in learning about the nature of VortexHealing, and for bringing about the process of healing for themselves. Through focused group healing events, and open talks about VortexHealing one will be able to bridge more awarene …

We are a group of WordPress lovers - users, designers, developers, and those just curious about what WordPress is. We exist to support one another and learn from each other. We meet monthly - covering topics from WordPress basics to more advanced uses including plugin & theme development. This meetup group for WordPress users and developers in and around the northwest suburbs of Chicago, IL.

The Chicago Drupal community has a long and colorful history. It is one of the most vibrant around the country, and possibly the world. We have been long time attendees and members of the Chicago Drupal Meetup Group. We see a need in the Chicago community for an advanced Drupal meetup.  Somewhere we can get together and talk about solving the problems developers face.  In addition we wanted to help ramp people up to contribute to Drupal core using the Drupal Ladder program.  Finally, we wanted p …

We are a group dedicated to expanding our knowledge about the Qt platform and learning about the next great thing in Qt 5. We are open to C/++, Python, and .NET/Mono developers, or developers interested in learning more about these technologies.

Calling all mobile rockstars and wannabes! The Chicago Mobile Web Meetup is dedicated to expanding the collective knowledge of mobile Web designers and developers through speaking events, software demos, hackathons, and other hands-on learning such as proposal submissions to the Zend Framework. In short, you should leave every meeting knowing more than when you arrived. This group will meet once per month at Punchkick Interactive's headquarters in downtown Chicago. As a bit of background, Punchk …

Nearparkers Family Workshop is the working title of a community tinkerer/maker/hacker/creator space being planned to be located near Oak Park and Forest Park. The goal is to have equipment and a family friendly space to share, and to feed off of each other’s creative juices. We are looking for people to follow along as progress updates come out and also looking for people to actively drive the creation of this cool space. The space will have members who pay a monthly fee to have 24 hour access, …

Official OpenHack group in Chicago. http://openhack.github.com/chicago/ We get together and code. . . on anything . . . for any reason. Rules of the Group: You must hack No hate coding, we prefer to call it design/refactoring recommendations No recruiters, period! You must use your actual name so we can get you in the building

The Chicago GIS Network is born from the idea that the Chicago area is in need of a group which can bring together its GIS community. The goal is to create a network which would enable GIS users to connect with others for support with GIS issues, to learn about new developments in the GIS fields, and to share our work and experiences. The Chicago GIS Network works to establish a thriving network of GIS professionals and enthusiasts in the Chicago area. Goal 1 : Establish a network of GIS profess …

The CNC Build Club is a group of people working on numerically controlled machines (3D printers, laser cutters, routers, etc). We meet every Thursday night at Pumping Station: One, Chicago's Premier hackerspace. Regardless of your experience level, you can become part of the digital fabrication revolution by joining a project already in progress, or come up with your own idea and recruit others to work with you!

Geekfest is a gathering of software development geeks every Tuesday at noon. It originally started at Obtiva back in 2007, and now it's at Groupon.

Chicago's Oldest Linux Users Group meets once a month to discuss all things Linux.

The Chicago Data Governance Users Group is a non-profit volunteer run organization with the objective of create a forum and exchange of information related to Data Governance.

This group is designed for technology professionals who want to get together to network/socialize after work once every couple of months. Anyone from help desk to CIO level are invited to join us. We will provide appetizers. The meetups will be located in the Chicago Loop Area (locations will vary every other month). Hope you can join us!

A local group of Linux users and FOSS supporters who meet monthly for Linux talks, education and discussion. One of our main goals is to help new people learn the benefits fo Linux and how to use it, so please feel free to join us! Welcome!

Come level up your Ruby skills with other enthusiastic/aspiring Rubyists. Advanced beginner/intermediate level Ruby is helpful. No recruiters. No entrepreneurs. Just devs.

Aggrego hack night - for all the times you wished you could have hacked on something in the Chicago Sun-Times building. Now you can. Aggrego aims to use data collection, data analytics, visualization technology to create the next generation of digital media. Come hack with us!