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What we’re about
GemCity TECH is a family of user groups bringing tech-focused content to the Dayton Ohio community. Our calendar is filled with opportunities to learn and share information 'about all things tech'.
Join us on our Discord server: https://discord.gg/nyDtEytbt6
Current user groups that GemCity TECH supports:
- Code For Dayton - Civic Hacking (David Best)
- New to Tech - software development fundamentals (Matt Alioto)
- Dayton .NET Developers - .NET, C#, MVC (Hanen Alkhafaji)
- Dayton Dynamic Languages - Python, Ruby, Rust (Catherine Devlin)
- Dayton Web Developers - JavaScript, frontend (Allen May)
- Frameworks - Design, UX, UI (Allen May)
- Gem City Game Developers - Unity, Blender (Brian Turner)
- Gem City Machine Learning - ML, AI, Python (Evelyn J. Boettcher)
Please join us at one or more of these groups for pizza and drinks.
Your RSVP tells us how much we order.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Code For DaytonArcade Innovation Hub, Dayton, OH
Code For Dayton is a monthly user group meeting at the downtown Dayton Innovation Hub. The meetings follow the "hack night" format - a little discussion and show and tell up front, followed by an opportunity to break into groups to work on civic or community oriented projects.
Today, I'd like to wrap up the Property Demolition watcher we started last month. Check it out here! There are a couple of things that we need to handle:
1. Only sending an email if there are new results.
2. Correctly handling cases where only a single result is found (the form directs you to that result and the scraper is expecting the list page)These are issues #11 and #22 on Github if you'd like to take a look.
Check out CodeForDayton.org to find out more about us and what we are working on.
- New To TechThe Innovation Hub, Dayton, OH
New to Tech is a group meeting monthly targeted at folks who are just starting to learn about software development, up through those already employed in the industry who are targeting their first promotion.
Topics will be split between software development fundamentals & career guidance and there will be plenty of time for group discussion & live coding. Please bring your laptop!
Join us on the #new-to-tech channel on our Discord, and check out the pinned messages if you'd like to see the back catalog of presentations! More experienced folks are welcome to attend & share their knowledge.
- Ruby Drills & TDDThe Innovation Hub, Dayton, OH
What will we be discussing?
We'll be exploring Test-Driven Development, a software development methodology that involves inverting the normal flow of development: we start by writing tests, and then code until they pass. We'll be using some simple exercises developed by Pair Columbus in a delightful language called Ruby to explore this methodology - please bring your laptop!Who is our speaker?
Matt Alioto is a software engineer and engineering manager who's worked at companies such as Vistaprint, Wayfair, and Probity Enterprises. He's most experienced in Python, SQL, and .NET with a particular focus on release engineering and accelerating the velocity of the software teams around him. He also runs the New To Tech group at Gem City Tech.Where to meet
The Innovation Hub
31 S Main St, Dayton, OH 45402
We will be meeting on the lower level of the Innovation Hub, in The Koorndyk Room. When you enter The Hub, take the stairs (or the elevator) one floor down. Go straight ahead from where the stairs end, through the kitchenette, and into the glass room where your host and others will be gathering.Where to park
Free parking
Street parking is free after 5pm so any parking close to the building is a good choice.Garage parking
There is a paid parking lot - The Reibold Garage - one block South of the Innovation Hub.
https://www.parkme.com/lot/92975/reibold-garage-dayton-oh