RubyNest aims to provide a safe, inviting, and supporting community to women who want to take the leap into computer programming. With a focus on programming in Ruby and creating web applications with Ruby on Rails, we hope to help you attain skills necessary for you to feel comfortable leaving the nest and joining Portland's larger software development community.

2012 is a big year for Windows as well as a big year for Windows Developers. Windows 8 has an entirely new Metro Design Language that spans all products from Desktop to tablets to phones. Eugene used to have a pretty active EADNUG that sadly lost steam this year. I'm starting this meetup to rekindle those members as well as find new developers interested in modern Windows development for mobile, tablet, desktop and cloud.

Oregon's premier resource for technology connection, advocacy, education, and innovation.

AngularJS meetup group in Portland, OR.

At PDX Tech+Pong, we believe that the conversations sparked over a (sometimes) friendly game of ping- pong can lead to amazing things. We want to be a catalyst in the PDX tech community that facilitates these conversations within a social environment. Welcome to PDX Tech+Pong.

This group is for starters in Portland who wish to create software businesses that provide them a very comfortable lifestyle while contributing to the world around them. If you are building (or considering building) Software as a Service applications that require no co-founders or any outside investment, this group is for you.

A closely knit community of Chief Technology Officers, empowering each other to grow in their astute leadership of Portland's hottest Internet companies.

This is a group for anyone interested in startups, technology, entrepreneurship, engineering, etc.

How often do you get to talk one-on-one with industry leaders? The Small Business Marketing Group was founded so you can learn about the latest technology, strategies, and industry buzz from the experts themselves. We don’t just cover the basics, we are focused towards upper management, directors, and business owners, but everyone is welcome to join! We present information you can’t get anywhere else, so don’t forget to bring a pen and paper! Have something you would like to present? Let us kno …

Meet other iOS iPhone iPad Developers, Entrepreneurs, Startups from the Portland area to discuss how to build and promote iPhone based apps and businesses. This is an open meetup. You are welcome to participate, or present your iPhone app, ideas, or solutions.

This group is hosted at LaunchSide, a local web development company helping established and startup companies launch new web-based products and services. The focus of this group is networking and knowledge sharing around the topics of: Building Software-as-a-Service based products (both web and mobile) Acquiring customers through direct response and online marketing Adding web-based business models to your established offline business Funding strategies for your start up Building that mobile ap …