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Za drugi rođendan DUG BizSource Croatia user grupe očekuje se okupljanje članova i dalje širenje znanja u Microsoftovim tehnologijama koje mnogi svakodnevno koriste u poslu. Težimo ka tome da DUG BizSource Croatia pruži mogućnost stjecanja novih znanja kao i širenja svojih sa ljudima koji se bave Dynamics 365 i Power Platform aplikacijama. Nadamo se da će naša user grupa prije svega postati mjesto dobre i pozitivne energije i da ćete u njoj steći nova poslovna poznanstava i razmijeniti dosadašnje poslovno iskustvo i znanje. Vidimo se 29/01/2026 od 17:30h CET u Microsoft Hrvatska! Agenda: * Uvod i dobrodošlica * Predavanje * Druženje nakon predavanja

Join us for a casual book club. We will talk about [Taking Testing Seriously](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201116293-taking-testing-seriously). Feel free to join us regardless of how much of the book you have read, if you didn't start reading yet, or even if you don't plan to read it.

Carissimi, ricominciamo l’anno parlando di **#Networking** e **#Serverless** ! Ci troviamo in **#presenza GIOVEDì 29 gennaio alle ore 19:00**. L'incontro si terrà presso il[ Coworking Mestre](https://www.coworkingmestre.it/), in via Torino 135, di fronte al NH Laguna Palace Hotel. E per chi non potesse raggiungerci, si terrà anche in **#streaming** su YouTube. La scaletta prevede due speech seguiti da discussione ciascuno. 🗣 [Sebastiano Caccaro](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebacaccaro/), ci parlerà di come hanno modernizzato la loro **#VPC** senza **#downtime** ! A seguire 🗣 [Marco Falcier](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcofalcier/), ci racconterà che strumenti usare per accedere a database relazionali e a grafo, evitando di saturare le connessioni ! 👥 Poi ci sposteremo per \( 🍸 \| 🍺 \) & \( 🍕 \| 🍔 \) e **#networking** ! E come sempre, proponete[vi per] argomenti e/o location con il [Form Google](https://forms.gle/1JdE6YWPbo6phuLe8) o direttamente nel canale Telegram !

At the last meetup, we examined WooCommerce under pressure. Security failures, AI agents behaving badly, and real examples of how stores get compromised. This time, we’re flipping the angle! The Winter 2026 Zagreb WooCommerce Meetup focuses on how the platform is being built and steered today. We’re hosting speakers from Automattic and the WooCommerce team to walk through recent platform updates, what’s currently being prioritized, and what’s coming next. You’ll hear what has shipped, what’s changing in key areas like checkout and blocks, and how upcoming work is likely to affect developers and merchants building on Woo. You’ll also get roadmap context straight from the people shaping it. Seeing these folks in person in Croatia doesn’t happen often! If you build, maintain, or sell on WooCommerce, this meetup should make your next set of technical decisions easier. **+++++++++++++++++++++** **Lecture 01** **\- What’s new in Woo: latest updates & what’s coming next** WooCommerce has been moving fast. Checkout extensibility, shipping and fulfillment changes, block-first experiences, the Interactivity API, and a growing layer of AI features are no longer “experimental” but becoming the default. In this talk, Brian and Shani will walk through the most important recent changes in WooCommerce and what’s coming next. Expect concrete examples, platform context, and guidance on how these changes affect real-world Woo builds. **Brian Coords** is a developer advocate at WooCommerce and a long-time WordPress developer, writer, and instructor. He hosts a WordPress podcast at Webmasters_fm and writes for WP Tavern, MasterWP, The WP Minute, and his own technology blog. **Shani Banerjee** is a developer advocate at WooCommerce, where she hosts monthly developer office hours and writes about platform updates and extensibility on the WooCommerce developer blog. Her work is shaped by a strong community-first background spanning support, software engineering, and education. **+++++++++++++++++++++** **Lecture 02** **\- The state of WooCommerce: where we are & where we’re going** In this session, Brent will zoom out and talk about how WooCommerce is positioning itself today: what’s driving the roadmap, how Woo thinks about high-growth merchants, and how the platform is evolving to stay competitive in an increasingly crowded eCommerce landscape. This is the “why” behind the updates which will help you understand the bigger picture: the product, market, and ecosystem context that rarely gets discussed outside closed rooms. **Brent MacKinnon** is director of product marketing and developer advocacy at WooCommerce (Automattic). He leads go-to-market strategy, developer relations, and analyst engagement, and focuses on making complex platform decisions understandable to builders and merchants alike. He’s based in Halifax, Canada. **+++++++++++++++++++++** **AGENDA** 18:00 - Meet & greet 18:05 - Talk: What’s new in Woo: latest updates & what’s coming next 18:40 - Q&A 19:00 - Talk: The state of WooCommerce: where we are & where we’re going 19:35 - Q&A After - Pizza & Beer 🍕🍺

Hello everyone, I'm happy to announce our next meetup will be hosted by [Productive](https://productive.io) (Strojarska 20, 5th floor). We'll have an interesting talk followed by a panel discussion, both centered around the challenges of "data imports". The panel brings together experts from a wide range of company sizes and language backgrounds, so we can explore the topic from hands-on implementation to broader business impact. Stick around afterwards for some food, drinks, and conversations. Hope to see you at Productive! \*\*\* **Data Imports** by Borna Artić At Productive, we import a lot of data, and doing it reliably has turned out to be trickier than it looks. In this talk I'll start with the "why": what imports solve for us, what kinds of data we bring in, and what we learned from earlier approaches. Then we'll walk through the current importer and the tradeoffs behind it: validating messy input, keeping complexity under control, and making it fast enough to run at scale. We'll also touch on edge cases like custom fields, missing relationships, and handling repeated data updates. **Panel: Data Imports Across Industries** Panelists: \- Josip Stuhli\, CTO at SofaScore \(PHP\) \- Dario Daić\, Product Architect at ButterflyMX \(Ruby\) \- Borna Artić\, Backend Engineer at Productive \(Ruby\) Moderator: Bruno Sutić After the talk, we'll keep the momentum with a panel discussion on data imports. We'll start from the hands-on problems you see in Ruby code, then zoom out to questions of architecture and long-term maintainability, and finally to the company-level impact: how data flows affect other teams, product decisions, and what the business can (and can't) do with the information it has. Expect a practical conversation with real tradeoffs rather than perfect answers. The panel brings together interesting people across seniority levels, company sizes, and language backgrounds.

Na samom početku 2026. godine za koju želimo da vam bude uspješna na svakom planu pozivamo vas da nam se pridružite na **8\. ZGBit\-u** na kojem će u kratkim crtama biti predstavljni projekti korištenja otvorenih podataka koje Grad Zagreb sufinancira drugu godinu zaredom. Kao što znate, Grad Zagreb prošle je godine pokrenuo BAJS - sustav javnih bicikala grada Zagreba, a na 8. ZGBitu-u predstavit ćemo i aplikaciju koja prati dostupnost javnih bicikala, analizira njihovo kretanje i jhoš mnogo toga. Dođite vidjeti kako otvoreni podaci postaju alat za pametniji, mobilniji i transparentniji grad! Vidimo se na starom mjestu u ZG Forumu u **Gajevoj 27 u četvrtak 29.siječnja 2026. godine u 18.00 sati!**

Iako smo konstantno u limbu marketinga, klijenata i kampanja ili bombardirani kao potrošači, i dalje se provlači isto pitanje: Što je zapravo osnova marketinga? Koji su to fundamenti marketinga koji se (pre)često zaboravljaju, dok svi ganjaju „brze“ pobjede, nagrade i metrike koje dobro izgledaju na slajdu? Jednostavne stvari za shvatiti, ali istodobno složene za ostvariti. Kako graditi dugoročno brend kroz prepoznatljivost i memorijske strukture, uz pametne kratkoročne aktivacije? Upravo o temeljima marketinga i izazovima koji stoje na putu dugoročno održivom brendu razgovarat ćemo na panelu, kao i o tome koje su najčešće slijepe točke marketingaša. Panelisti: · **Ivana Galić Baksa** – Nova TV · **Zoran Kosanović** \- Lateral Business · **Vjeko Srednoselec** \- Dentsu · **Ana Miličević, moderatorica** \- L’Oréal Vidimo se **28.1. u 19 h** na Zavrtnici u **Wespa Spaces!** 🤝 O PANELISTIMA * **Ivana Galić Baksa** je direktorica marketinga i komunikacija najveće medijske kuće u regiji United Medie i svima poznate hrvatske Nove TV. Iza sebe ima više od dva desetljeća iskustva u vođenju najuspješnijih marketinških timova u medijskoj industriji. Karijeru je gradila u telekomunikacijama, agencijskom svijetu te u produkciji. Na panelu Ivana donosi jedinstvenu perspektivu iz samog vrha medijske industrije. * **Zoran Kosanović** je istraživač u duši, sakupljač znanja i konektor. Uživa u građenju i razvoju brendova, ljudi, timova i sebe samoga. Obnašao managerske pozicije u regiji i Hrvatskoj. Nakon karijere u P&G, 10g radio kako direktor marketinga Red Bulla.Osnivač i razvojni pokretač Wings for Life World Run utrke u Zadru - i dalje najmasovnija utrka u povijesti RH, a vodio, između ostalog, i projekt Red Bull Air Race. * **Vjeko Srednoselec** je marketinški stručnjak s višegodišnjim iskustvom u media buyingu, kreativnom razvoju i marketinškim tehnologijama. Kroz karijeru je gradio snažan strateški i poslovni pogled na marketing, povezujući marketinške odluke s konkretnim poslovnim ciljevima, a ne samo operativnom provedbom. * **Ana Milićević** je Chief Digital Officer za L'Oreal Adria Balkan Consumer Products Division. Kroz 18 godina karijere uspješno je vodila Fortune 500 brandove na europskom, američkom te globalnom tržištu, za FMCG i tehnološku industriju. Magistrirala je na MIT Sloan School of Business. \*\*\* 18:30-19:00 Okupljanje sudionika, Wespa spaces Zavrtnica 19:00-20:15 Panel rasprava: "Što marketingaši ne znaju previše, a trebali bi?” 20:15-20:30 Otvorena rasprava i pitanja publike 20:30-... Networking i fun 😊 \*\*\* **SPONZORI** * Dun & Bradstreet je globalni svjetski lider za B2B informacije i analitiku sa sjedištem u SAD-u. D&B postoji već skoro 200 godina, a u Europi i Hrvatskoj prisutan je od 2021. godine, akvizicijom poznate švedske tvrtke Bisnode, kod nas najpoznatije po platformi Poslovna Hrvatska. Pružamo podatke o poslovanju tvrtki, kreditne i analize rizika, povezanih i politički izloženih osoba, rizika trećih strana i financijske informacije poduzeća iz cijelog svijeta kako bismo vam pomogli u donošenju informiranih poslovnih odluka - dubinskom provjerom vaših trenutnih ili potencijalnih poslovnih partnera. Budite sigurni s kim poslujete uz naše rješenje D&B Finance Analytics: [https://www.dnb.com/hr-hr/proizvodi/dnb-finance-analytics/dnb-finance-analytics-demo.html](https://www.dnb.com/hr-hr/proizvodi/dnb-finance-analytics/dnb-finance-analytics-demo.html) **PARTNERI** * **Godji entertainment** prepoznato je ime full service agencije za tehničku produkciju događanja, koja iza sebe ima mnoštvo odrađenih događanja svih vrsta - od koncerata, sportskih natjecanja, korporativnih događanja, poslovnih konferencija i promotivnih događanja, festivala i sajmova. Sve informacije i B2B opcije pronađite na [www.godji.hr](https://godji.hr/) \*\*\* Prijave su obavezne! Upad na #MMZG je BESPLATAN, ali vas molim da odgovorno RSVP-ate (Yes/No) kako bismo mogli planirati točan broj sudionika. Hashtag #MMZG. Facebook stranica: [https://www.facebook.com/marketingcroatia/](https://www.facebook.com/marketingcroatia/) Vidimo se!

Let’s meetup at Cafe Istanbul for the last day of Restaurant Week. You get three courses for $30. This is the menu: https://614now.com/rw-menu/cafeistanbul-easton

Come chat about Atlassian tools and best practices at the Upper Arlington Sunny Street Cafe and Breakfast is on Atlassian! Let's get the day started off with breakfast with your ACE Leaders! We're always excited to talk about Atlassian Products, share our knowledge and hand out swag! Come chat with us about new product news and anything you are working on within the Atlassian product stack. This is a great opportunity to come see what we are all about, hear new business news and share with other Atlassian users your questions and experiences. We'd love to see new and old friends come out to chat and learn about Atlassian! Agenda --- Moderators Kimberly Deal - Columbus Atlassian User Group Leader Kevin Stanley - Columbus Atlassian User Group Leader Greg Sprowls - Columbus Atlassian Community Leader Hosted By Kimberly Deal, Atlassian User Group Leader Kevin Stanley, Chief Everything Greg Sprowls, Agility Lead --- Global Partner Atlassian (http://atlassian.com) Millions of users globally rely on Atlassian products every day for improving software development, project management, collaboration, and code quality. Partner Atlassian --- For over a decade, Atlassian customers have come together to network, share ideas, solve problems, and find new ways to use Atlassian products. Today, more than 15,000 people take part in Atlassian community events in more than 30 countries. --- Complete your event RSVP here: https://ace.atlassian.com/events/details/atlassian-columbus-presents-rise-and-shine-with-atlassian-upper-arlington-23/.

Hello everyone! For our first dinner together, we’re keeping things low-key and casual. Take a look at the menu and let us know what you think we want this to be easy, relaxed, and enjoyable for everyone. Quick housekeeping note: many restaurants require most of the party to be present before seating. No-shows impact the entire group, so if someone repeatedly commits and doesn’t show more than once, we’ll have to remove you from future dinners to keep things fair and smooth for everyone. Looking forward to a great night and even better conversations 🍽️✨

## Learn Infrastructure-as-Code (the FUN Way) — Through Minecraft 🎮☁️ **Joint Meetup: Azure CBUS × Columbus HashiCorp User Group** What if learning Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code didn’t feel like a whitepaper… but more like a game? Join us for a joint Azure CBUS and Columbus HashiCorp User Group meetup where **Mark Tinderholt** \(Principal Architect\, Microsoft Azure \| HashiCorp Ambassador \| “The Azure Terraformer”\) shows how **Minecraft** can be used as a surprisingly powerful way to understand real-world Infrastructure-as-Code concepts. In this session, Mark will demonstrate how Terraform and Azure can be used to provision, configure, and manage Minecraft servers—while teaching the same patterns you’d use for production cloud infrastructure. ### What we’ll cover * Infrastructure-as-Code fundamentals using **Terraform** * Provisioning real infrastructure on **Azure** * Applying **IaC best practices** (immutability, repeatability, versioning) * How playful environments like Minecraft make complex concepts *click* * Why learning through experimentation beats click-ops every time ### Who should attend * Developers, platform engineers, and cloud engineers * Terraform users (new or experienced) * Anyone curious about Infrastructure-as-Code but tired of boring examples * Minecraft fans who want to see it used in a totally unexpected way No prior Minecraft experience required—just curiosity and a willingness to learn infrastructure the fun way. Come for the blocks, stay for the Terraform. 🧱➡️📐 Want to be a speaker? submit your talk to our Call for Presenters!!! https://sessionize.com/cbus-hug-2026/

CHANGED to WEDNESDAYS COLUMBUS RECREATION CENTERS require membership fee to play. Register & Pay at the desk when you arrive. $5 day pass is available. I have some extra pickle ball paddles and balls if you don’t have one. Definitely bring your own paddle if you have one and bring some balls if you have them. Legal Stuff: The event hosts/Organizers are just fellow member volunteers. By participating in any event, you assume all risks of liability and injury inherent in these activities. You are responsible for your own safety and for determining if you are in condition fit to participate. You are also responsible for knowing and abiding by all laws and rules during your participation in any event.
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**PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING IMPORTANT NOTES:** 1. The dates listed for this series are about 95% reliable. We are completing our 2026 schedule as we speak, so minor adjustments are still occurring. 2. Each class in this series has an attendance fee, though this first offering is free on a first-come, first-served basis. 3. Each class, from BOTH a sign-up and fee perspective, is a separate entity. **Introduction:** HTML5 is the foundational technology for modern web development, serving as the standard markup language for structuring and presenting content on the World Wide Web. Developed through a collaboration between the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG), HTML5 provides a robust system of elements (tags) that tell a browser how to display text, images, and multimedia in a clear and meaningful way. It works in concert with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for presentation and JavaScript for interactivity, forming the core technology stack for virtually all websites and many web applications today. One of the significant advancements of HTML5 is the introduction of powerful new features and elements designed to improve functionality and simplify development. Key additions include native multimedia support via the \ and \ tags, allowing developers to embed media without third-party plugins. It also offers new form controls for better user input, such as date and email types, and introduces web storage capabilities to store data offline for enhanced performance. These features streamline the process of building rich, interactive web experiences. A significant focus of HTML5 is enhanced semantics and better structural organization of content. New semantic elements like , , , , and \ provide meaningful structure to documents, which aids in search engine optimization (SEO) and improves accessibility for assistive technologies. These elements define different parts of a webpage (e.g., a header for the top, a nav for navigation links, a footer for the bottom), making the code more readable and understandable for both developers and machines. This emphasis on clear structure helps in creating more logical and maintainable websites. Developing websites in today's competitive environment requires taking advantage of every technique you can to get the maximum exposure possible. Our HTML5 class will not only show you what's new in the HTML specification, but also the best way to develop optimized web pages that get the attention your client and/or company requires. **The breakdown of the four-class series is as follows:** **Class 1: Introduction to Web Structure and Basic HTML5** This class introduces the core concepts of web development, the history of HTML, and the fundamental structure of an HTML5 document. * **Topics**: * **Web Architecture Overview**: How browsers, servers, and web pages interact. * **HTML Fundamentals**: Understanding elements, tags, and attributes. * **Basic Document Structure**: Using !DOCTYPE html, html, head, and body. * **Text Formatting**: Headings (h1 to h6), paragraphs (p), and text-level semantics (e.g., strong, em, br). * **Lists and Links**: Creating ordered (ol) and unordered (ul) lists, and linking between pages using anchor tags (a). * **Activity**: Students create a basic personal webpage containing text, a list of hobbies, and a link to an external website. **Class 2: Semantic HTML5 and Multimedia Integration** Class 2 focuses on modern HTML5 elements that provide meaning (semantics) to content, improving accessibility and search engine optimization. It also covers adding images and multimedia. * **Topics**: * **Semantic Elements**: Understanding and implementing elements like header, footer, nav, section, and article. * **Images**: Adding images using the img tag and attributes like src, alt, width, and height. * **Multimedia**: Embedding audio and video content using the audio and video tags. * **File and Folder Structure**: Best practices for organizing project files and managing file paths. * **Activity**: Students refactor their Class 1 project to use a proper semantic layout and add an image and a link to a video file. **Class 3: Forms and User Input** This session is dedicated to building interactive HTML5 forms, which are essential for capturing user data and input. * **Topics**: * **Form Basics**: Using the form element, action and method attributes. * **Input Types**: Exploring various input types (e.g., text, password, checkbox, radio, date, submit). * **Form Elements**: Utilizing label, textarea, select, option, and button. * **Client-side Validation**: Implementing HTML5 validation attributes like required, minlength, and pattern. * **Activity**: Students build a complete contact form with different input fields, radio buttons, and basic HTML5 validation. **Class 4: Introduction to CSS3 and Basic Styling** The final class introduces Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to style the HTML content and make the web pages visually appealing and accessible. * **Topics**: * **CSS Fundamentals**: The role of CSS, selectors, properties, and values. * **Integrating CSS**: Using inline, internal, and external style sheets. * **The Box Model**: Understanding margin, padding, border, and content for basic layout. * **Basic Styling**: Changing colors, fonts, and text alignment. * **Accessibility Basics**: Identifying principles of web design usability and accessibility, including ARIA labels. * **Activity**: Students apply an external CSS file to their Class 3 form project to style the layout, colors, and fonts, culminating in a well-structured and styled webpage.