Heroku User Groups (HUGS) are a casual gatherings of developers who are interested in learning about Heroku technologies. It provides developers an opportunity to explore Heroku (a polygot platform), as well learn how to run and scale any type of app, written in Java, Ruby, Node.js, Clojure, Python or Scala. This is a great place to meet Heroku experts and network with peer.

This group is for builders of Rails apps, from independent devs, to small teams, to small business teams: just be actually building something. Get together with other builders, collaborate, pair program, discuss deployment platforms, and participate in hacking sessions. This group is not for tutorials, or people looking primarily for a "teach me Rails" group. This group is for builders, not simply people playing around with the framework, or evaluating Rails in a cursory manner. So do you have t …

This group is a place for developers and database administrators to learn more about the non-relational, open source, document-oriented database MongoDB, the leading NoSQL database. As this group is brand spanking new, please bear with us as we try to get this thing off the ground!

Chicago's Ember.js group is committed to creating a robust community built around the philosophy of building beautifully crafted web applications with the help of ember.js.  Meetups should be fun and engaging to promote a wealth of knowledge among your peers, we will always keep this as a core concept.  Naturally we will also never let the coolers run low on beer.

The purpose of this group to get movie fans together to watch movies. People who enjoy going to the movies, but don't want to go alone, should join this group.  Great way to make friends and socialize with others, after the movie, when we go out for lunch or dinner to a local restaurant. Group meets the third Sunday of the month to see a movie. Optional: Group may meet at a local restaurant, near the theater.  I like Ruby Tuesday and Bakers Square. You can make other suggestions.  There are othe …