Vancouver Software Related Groups

Here's a list of software related groups in the Metro Vancouver area. Please contact a VanDev organizer with updates for this page.

• Agile Vancouver - A local interest group in agile software development methods.
  
  
  
  • Website: www.agilevancouver.ca
    
  
  
• CIPS: The Canadian Information Processing Society - Canada's association of information technology professionals.
  
  
  
  • Website: cips-vancouver.org
    
  
  
• FlashInVan: The Vancouver Flash/Flex User Group
  
  
  
  • Website: flashinvan.com
    
  
  
• Groups.Drupal: The Vancouver League of Drupallers.
  
  
  
  • Website: groups.drupal.org/vancouver
    
  
  
• Free Geek Vancouver: Ethical Computer Recycling for Vancouver.
  
  
  
  • Website: freegeekvancouver.org
    
  
  
• IEEE Computer Society Vancouver Chapter
  
  
  
  • Website: www.kruchten.org/IEEE
    
  
  
• Open Webnesdays: Some kind of regular free software/open source/electronic frontier/open Net professional development meeting.
  
  
  
  • Website: webnesday.org
    
  
  
• STC: Society for Technical Communication, Canada West Coast Chapter
  
  
  
  • Website: www.stcwestcoast.ca
    
  • Job postings: www.stcwestcoast.ca/index.php/site/for_employers
    Note: Open to employers and STC members only.
    
  
  
• Ubuntu Vancouver: Ubuntu Linux Canadian Team - Vancouver Chapter.
  
  
  
  • Website: wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam/Vancouver
    
  • Meetup: www.meetup.com/ubuntuvancouver
    
  • Mailing list: UbuntuVancouver@kulak.ca
    
  • IRC Channel: #ubuntu-ca-vn on irc.freenode.net
    
  
  
• Vancouver Android Developers Meetup Group
  
  
  
  • Website: www.meetup.com/van-android-developers
    
  
  
• VAUG: Vancouver Asterisk User Group
  
  
  
  • Website: vaug.ca
    
  • Mailing lists: vaug.ca/mailman/listinfo
    
  
  
• VanAjax: Vancouver Ajax & Web 2.0 Developers Group
  
  
  
  • Website: vanajax.wordpress.com
    
  • Job postings: Joint Vancouver Job & Gigs Board
    
  
  
• VanCPP: The Vancouver C++ Users Group
  
  
  
  • Website: vancpp.org
    
  • Mailing list: groups.yahoo.com/group/vancpp
    
  • Job postings: On the mailing list.
    
  
  
• Vancouver Erlang Meetup Group: Programmers in Vancouver who are already using Erlang or are interested in learning it.
  
  
  
  • Website: meetup.com/erlang-vancouver
    
  
  
• Vancouver Groovy & Grails User Group
  
  
  
  • Website: groovyvan.com/
    
  • Job postings: Joint Vancouver Job & Gigs Board
    
  
  
• Vancouver Hacker Space (VHS) - A physical space where hackers, computer geeks, engineers, circuit benders, crafters, and other creative types can gather to share ideas, equipment, opinions, and beer.
  
  
  
  • Website: vancouver.hackspace.ca
    
  • Mailing List: lists.uselessdegree.net/listinfo.cgi/vanhackspace-uselessdegree.net
    
  
  
• VanJUG: Vancouver Java Users Group
  
  
  
  • Website: www.openroad.ca/vanjug
    
  • Website: www.meetup.com/vanjug
    
  • Mailing list: www.openroad.ca/vanjug/list
    
  • Job postings: Please use the mailing list.
    
  
  
• VanLUG: The Vancouver Linux User Group - A non-profit association of computer professionals in the Greater Vancouver area.
  
  
  
  • Website: vanlug.bc.ca
    
  • Mailing list: www.robomod.net/mailman/listinfo/vanlug
    
  • Job postings: Please submit to vanlug-owner@robomod.net for posting on the general mailing list.
    
  
  
• Vancouver MySQL Meetup Group - Meet nearby MySQL Users for conversation and fun!
  
  
  
  • Website: mysql.meetup.com/240
    
  
  
  
• Vancouver OpenSolaris User Group - OpenSolaris Project - A home for the greatest user group in the best city in the whole Universe. Possibly, in the whole Multiverse!
  
  
  
  • Website: opensolaris.org/os/project/vanosug
    
  
  
• Vancouver Perl Mongers: A perl user group for those located in and around the Greater Vancouver region.
  
  
  
  • Website: www.socialtext.net/vanpm
    
  • Mailing list: mail.pm.org/pipermail/vancouver-pm
    
  
  
• VanPHP: The Vancouver PHP Users Association
  
  
  
  • Website: vancouver.php.net
    
  
  
• VanPyZ: The Vancouver Python and Zope User Group
  
  
  
  • Website: wiki.python.org/moin/VanPyZ
    
  • Mailing list: lists.livingcode.org/listinfo.cgi/vanpyz-livingcode.org
    
  
  
• VanQ: Vancouver Software Quality Assurance User Group
  
  
  
  • Website: VanQ.org
    
  
  
• Vancouver Ruby & Rails Central - One Stop Source For Ruby & Rails News, Events & Jobs In & Around Vancouver
  
  
  
  • Website: vanrb.wordpress.com
    
  • Job postings: Joint Vancouver Job & Gigs Board
    
  
  
• Vancouver Ruby/Rails Meetup Group - Meet other local Ruby/Rails programmers.
  
  
  
  • Website: ruby.meetup.com/112
    
  • Mailing list: ruby.meetup.com/112/messages
    
  • Job postings: Please use their mailing list.
    
  
  
• Vancouver SCALA Group - Meet other SCALA language enthusiasts.
  
  
  
  • Mailing list: groups.google.com/group/vancouver-scala
    
  • Job postings: Please use their mailing list.
    
  
  
• Vancouver Silverlight User Group: - A place for Silverlight developers to meet up.
  
  
  
  • Website: www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Silverlight-User-Group
    
  
  
• VanDev: The Vancouver Software Developers Network - Networking events for the local software development industry.
  
  
  
  • Website: VanDev.org
    
  • Mailing list: softwaredev.meetup.com/17/messages
    
  • Job postings: We recommend T-Net Tech Careers.
    
  
  
• VANTUG: The Vancouver Technology User Group - Vancouver's Microsoft User Group.
  
  
  
  • Website: www.vantug.com
    
  • Mailing list: Register on the Website for announcements.
    
  • Job postings: Please submit to the president or other executive from the contact list.
    
  
  
• Vancouver Usability: The Vancouver Usability Google Group - A forum about web usability.
  
  
  
  • Website: groups.google.com/group/vancouver-usability
    
  • Mailing list: vancouver-usability@googlegroups.com
    
  
  
• (Free) Web Slide Show Alternatives: Discussion forum/mailing list about free web slide show alternatives such as S5, S6, S9, FullerScreen, Presentacular, Slidy, Codex, and friends.
  
  
  
  • Website: groups.google.com/group/webslideshow
    
  • Mailing list: webslideshow@googlegroups.com
    
  
  
• WINBC: The Wireless Innovation Network society of BC.
  
  
  
  • Website: winbc.org
    
  • Job postings: Please submit postings to T-Net.
    
  
  
• .netbc: .NET User Group of British Columbia, Canada
  
  
  
  • Website: www.netbc.ca
    
  • Mailing list: Register at www.netbc.ca/Register/register.aspx for announcements.
    
  
  

• Vancouver Tech & Media Events: vanbeta.com/groups
  
• Vancouver Technology Groups: www.group42.ca/techgroups