
What we’re about
Welcome code lovers! We're a group of professional programmers focused on the continuous development of our skill sets. At our meetups, we share our experiences coding with various languages and the knowledge gained on platforms, tools, architecture, deployment, test, software engineering practices and operations. If you are a professional developer or serious hobbyist, consider visiting us at our next meetup.
Who are members?
- Entrepreneurs looking to build their own web-based business
- learn what goes into building and maintaining a website or business
- share and learn about technologies and processes you need to build the business
- get technical feedback on your project
- Professional Developers looking to stay on top of the latest technologies and network with other people in the trenches
- motivate each other to keep learning
- share experiences from industry
- deepen our knowledge by presenting various technologies and leading discussion/study
- share our personal projects to stay motivated and accountable
- Aspiring Developers and Students
- hear what it is like to work in the real world
- see what your school classes might have missed
- get a leg up on the competition for that first job
- get advice on your class choices and learning path
- get realistic expectations about a job and pay
- get feedback on class projects or personal projects
- get feedback on resume and resume building
- Hobbyists
- learn about development technologies and practices
- improve on my areas of interest
- get feedback on my hobby project
- learn what it would be like to be a professional
- share learning resources
If this group is too technical and your interests are more general or business-related see our companion group Prescott Area Web Developers.
Upcoming events (3)
See all- Web of Trust (2025)Center for the Future, Prescott, AZ
We have a hands-on workshop, so bring your laptop. You will get the most out of it if you can do the recommended reading and complete the prerequisites. But if you can't, you should still come, just sit next to someone and follow along. If you come early we can help you with the prerequisites.
Title: Web of Trust (2025)
By: Matt BorjaSummary: This industry-led session will explore tools, techniques, and procedures for building trust and securing the supply chain.
Objectives:
• Define conditions for trust
• Demonstrate signature verification
• Create a new identity for digital signing using GnuPG
• Share your public key
• Sign others' public key
• Understand the responsibility of auditing signing keysPrerequisites:
• Latest version of GnuPG- Linux: normally has this already installed, so bring linux if you have it
- Mac: if you are familiar with Homebrew, you can install with 'brew install gnupg'
- Windows: find downloads here: https://www.gnupg.org/download/#binary
• GitHub account with two-factor authentication configured (https://github.com)
Recommended reading:
• What does sig!3 mean?
(https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2004-July/022910.html)
• Validating other keys on your public keyring
(https://www.gnupg.org/gph/en/manual/x334.html)
• Sections 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.7, 5.3.1, and optionally privacy considerations in section 8 of Digital Identity Guidelines, NIST SP 800-63A
(https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-3/sp800-63a.html)Please note: Attendees will be required to acknowledge a compliance requirement set forth by U.S. Export Administration Regulations and other U.S. and foreign laws