February 2019
.NET: Getting Started with .NET Core
Tim Franklin, Director of Product Development at Gravitate Solutions, will present on Getting Started with .NET Core. The meeting begins at 6:00 with the presentation starting at 6:30. Pizza and drinks provided by Gravitate!
Find out more »March 2019
.NET: Building Amazon Alexa Skills with C#
Tiffany Ford, CIS Department Chair at OTC and Program Manager at Upwork Enterprise, will present on Building Amazon Alexa Skills with C#. The presentation will cover an introduction to Amazon Echo and the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK). Learn to build voice-enabled apps without deep knowledge of Natural Language Processing. The meeting begins at 6:00 with the presentation starting at 6:30. Pizza and drinks provided by Asynchrony!
Find out more »April 2019
Hack 4 Good: Quarterly Hack Night
Our Hack Night events give project team leaders an opportunity to coordinate efforts with designers and developers who are interested in helping out with existing community projects. We will provide pizza and soda based on the Meetup RSVP count, so please be sure to RSVP if you think you will attend! New to Hack 4 Good? Hack Night give you an opportunity to contribute to a community project on a one-time basis or an ongoing basis. Learn more on our…
Find out more ».NET: Interview and Resume Advice
A panel of representatives from local technology employers will answer questions and give advice on interviews and resumes. Whether you're a student looking to land your first job, a professional looking to keep your interviewing skills sharp, or are interested in what other companies look for in candidates and how their interview processes work (or even if you just enjoy free food and networking), everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend. Come prepared with your own questions or ask them…
Find out more »May 2019
AWS: CloudTrail and Config
Join us as we discuss Logging and Monitoring with AWS CloudTrail (https://aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/) and AWS Config (https://aws.amazon.com/config/). Join us to find out why you should enable these services on ALL of your AWS accounts! Presented by Jason Klein (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasnk/) 6:00pm Social and Dinner (Pizza/Soda/BYOB) 6:30pm Presentation (Infrastructure as Code) 7:30pm Q&A There is no charge to attend. Soda, Water, Pepperoni Pizza, Cheese Pizza will be provided by Logic Forte. You are welcome to bring outside food/beverages. Unable to attend? Tune into…
Find out more »June 2019
AWS: Securing Resources with IAM
Join us as we discuss how to Secure Your AWS Resources with Identity and Access Management (IAM) (https://aws.amazon.com/iam/), including an introduction to IAM, understanding how IAM policies are evaluated (to allow or deny access), and a discussion of IAM Best Practices. Presented by Jason Klein (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasnk/) 6:00pm Social and Dinner (Pizza/Soda/BYOB) 6:30pm Presentation (Infrastructure as Code) 7:30pm Q&A There is no charge to attend. Soda, Water, Pepperoni Pizza, Cheese Pizza will be provided by Logic Forte. Outside food and beverages…
Find out more ».NET: Automated Deployments with Octopus Deploy
Ryan Rousseau from Octopus Deploy will be traveling to Springfield to discuss automated deployments. The meeting begins at 6:00 with the panel starting at 6:30. Food and drinks provided by Octopus Deploy! FROM ZERO TO AUTOMATED DEPLOYMENTS IN LESS THAN AN HOUR Is deploying your application to production a chore? What about deploying to development or test environments? Those deployments are as important as, if not more than, production. Does your process involve a multi-page Word doc? Are you sure…
Find out more »July 2019
H4G: Pitch Night and Quarterly Hack Night
PITCH NIGHT (6PM-7PM) Organizations who submit the top project ideas for 2019 will be invited to discuss their project with the Hack 4 Good committee and participants who have contributed to past projects. These discussions will have a major impact on 2019 project selection. Interested in submitting a project idea? Visit our Pitch Night page to learn more (https://hack4goodsgf.com/pitch-night/). We will provide pizza and soda based on the Meetup RSVP count, so please be sure to RSVP if you think…
Find out more ».NET: The Real Value of Open Source
John Baluka from ICompare Solutions will be traveling to Springfield to discuss the real value of open source, using nopCommerce as a case study. The meeting begins at 6:00 with the presentation starting at 6:30. Food and drinks provided by WWT! UNDERSTANDING THE REAL VALUE OF OPEN SOURCE WITH NOPCOMMERCE Open Source. Developers hear about it a lot. What should you really look for and why? For example, I choose to study nopCommerce, a .NET eCommerce solution, which has led…
Find out more »August 2019
AWS: EC2 Auto-Scaling w/ Levi Zitting
Join us as we discuss how to get started with AWS EC2 Auto Scaling (https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/autoscaling/). Presented by Levi Zitting (https://www.linkedin.com/in/levi-zitting/) 6:00pm Social and Dinner (Pizza/Soda/BYOB) 6:30pm Presentation (Infrastructure as Code) 7:30pm Q&A There is no charge to attend. Soda, Water, Pepperoni Pizza, Cheese Pizza will be provided by Logic Forte. You are welcome to bring outside food/beverages. Unable to attend? Tune into our live stream on YouTube, or watch the recording afterwards. https://youtube.com/c/sgfaws
Find out more »October 2019
AWS: Cloud Networking for Developers
THIS MEETING IS HOSTED ON THE MONTHLY DEV NIGHT! LEARN MORE AT SPRINGFIELD DEVS MEETUP (https://meetup.com/sgfdevs/). Are you involved in designing and deploying the infrastructure that runs your code? Do you wish you had a better understanding of network services such as VPCs, Subnets, Security Groups, Gateways (IG/NAT), IPs, Network Interfaces, DNS (Route 53), Load Balancers (ALB/ELB), Target Groups, and SSL Certificates? Jason Klein will introduce each of these services and help developers understand what is possible, best practices, and…
Find out more »Hack 4 Good: Quarterly Hack Night
Our Hack Night events give project team leaders an opportunity to coordinate efforts with designers and developers who are interested in helping out with existing community projects. We will provide pizza and soda based on the Meetup RSVP count, so please be sure to RSVP if you think you will attend! New to Hack 4 Good? Hack Night give you an opportunity to contribute to a community project on a one-time basis or an ongoing basis. Learn more on our…
Find out more »November 2019
AWS: Architecture Case Study
THIS MEETING IS HOSTED ON THE MONTHLY DEV NIGHT! LEARN MORE AT SPRINGFIELD DEVS MEETUP (https://meetup.com/sgfdevs/). As a developer, are you struggling to picture how you would connect all the different AWS services you need for your app? Join Ben Pomerenke for an AWS Architecture Case Study: Building a Sample App using IoT Core, Dynamo, Lambda, API Gateway and CDN. Ben Pomerenke will discuss how to connect each of these services and help developers understand what is possible, best practices,…
Find out more »January 2020
H4G: Quarterly Hack Night
Our Hack Night events give project team leaders an opportunity to coordinate efforts with designers and developers who are interested in helping out with existing community projects. We will provide pizza and soda based on the Meetup RSVP count, so please be sure to RSVP if you think you will attend! New to Hack 4 Good? Hack Night give you an opportunity to contribute to a community project on a one-time basis or an ongoing basis. Learn more on our…
Find out more »April 2020
H4G: Quarterly Hack Night (ONLINE)
Our Hack Night events give project team leaders an opportunity to coordinate efforts with designers and developers who are interested in helping out with existing community projects. We will provide pizza and soda based on the Meetup RSVP count, so please be sure to RSVP if you think you will attend! New to Hack 4 Good? Hack Night give you an opportunity to contribute to a community project on a one-time basis or an ongoing basis. Learn more on our…
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