Every month, three cities across South Africa have User Groups for anyone interested in Xamarin. These events range from hands-on development to interesting talks related to Xamarin development.
There are user group meetups in 3 major cities:
Cape Town Xamarin User Group
As I stay in Cape Town, I always attend this User Group. We often discuss a wide variety of Xamarin-related topics.
We meet the second-last Wednesday every month:
| Location | When | Summary | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Campus Cape Town (2nd Floor, Engen House, Raapenburg Road, Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa) | July 24, 2019 at 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm | .NET Core, Docker and After the Conference | Cape Town MS Developer User Group (@CPTMSDUG) Wednesday, July 24 at 6:30 PM Session 1 After the Conference Software developers spend the majority of their time in front of a pc, most likely in a single office, surrounded by f... https://www.meetup.com/Cape-Town-Ms-Dev-User-Group/events/260479201/ |
| Microsoft Campus Cape Town (2nd Floor, Engen House, Raapenburg Road, Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa) | August 21, 2019 at 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm | Azure Front Door and ASP.NET Core Razor Pages | Cape Town MS Developer User Group (@CPTMSDUG) Wednesday, August 21 at 6:30 PM Session 1 Deploying to Azure with Azure Front Door This talk covers deploying your web apps to azure and using Azure Front Door as a reverse proxy. It... https://www.meetup.com/Cape-Town-Ms-Dev-User-Group/events/261067212/ |
| Microsoft Campus Cape Town (2nd Floor, Engen House, Raapenburg Road, Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa) | September 18, 2019 at 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm | Docker & Dragons and Building Add-Ins with the Office | Cape Town MS Developer User Group (@CPTMSDUG) Wednesday, September 18 at 6:30 PM Session 1 Docker & Dragons, I mean Debugging Speaker: Antonio De Almeida Developing and debugging .NET Core applications with Visual Studio 2019 & V... https://www.meetup.com/Cape-Town-Ms-Dev-User-Group/events/262283008/ |
| Microsoft Campus Cape Town (2nd Floor, Engen House, Raapenburg Road, Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa) | October 23, 2019 at 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm | Where to Start with .NET Core and then Writing an emulator in .NET Core Skia# | Cape Town MS Developer User Group (@CPTMSDUG) Wednesday, October 23 at 6:30 PM Session 1 .Net Core is open source, but where do you start? Speaker: Colin Bob As a programmer, one of the principle learning tools that I have been t... https://www.meetup.com/Cape-Town-Ms-Dev-User-Group/events/262285246/ |
| November 20, 2019 at 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm | Last CPTMSDUG Event of the year - TBA | Cape Town MS Developer User Group (@CPTMSDUG) Wednesday, November 20 at 6:30 PM TBA https://www.meetup.com/Cape-Town-Ms-Dev-User-Group/events/262285259/ |
Gauteng Xamarin User Group
Every now and again, I will come and visit this user group to say hi, and maybe present. Although I am not always there, the presenters / organizers are very good.
These guys meet almost every second Tuesday of the month:
| Location | When | Summary | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft (3012 William Nicol Dr, Johannesburg, GP, South Africa 2031) | August 13, 2019 at 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm | Practical Aspect-oriented programming & Azure Functions + The Actor Model = 😍 | Johannesburg MS Developer User Group (@JHBMSDUG) Tuesday, August 13 at 6:30 PM Agenda 1. Practical aspect-oriented programming (Daniel Joubert)Aspect oriented programming is an approach to move cross cutting aspects out of functi... https://www.meetup.com/Johannesburg-Ms-Dev-User-Group/events/262249590/ |
| Microsoft (3012 William Nicol Dr, Johannesburg, GP, South Africa 2031) | September 10, 2019 at 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm | Monthly Meetup | Johannesburg MS Developer User Group (@JHBMSDUG) Tuesday, September 10 at 6:30 PM TBA https://www.meetup.com/Johannesburg-Ms-Dev-User-Group/events/262249619/ |
| Microsoft (3012 William Nicol Dr, Johannesburg, GP, South Africa 2031) | October 8, 2019 at 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm | Monthly Meetup | Johannesburg MS Developer User Group (@JHBMSDUG) Tuesday, October 8 at 6:30 PM TBA https://www.meetup.com/Johannesburg-Ms-Dev-User-Group/events/262249638/ |
| Microsoft (3012 William Nicol Dr, Johannesburg, GP, South Africa 2031) | November 12, 2019 at 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm | Monthly Meetup | Johannesburg MS Developer User Group (@JHBMSDUG) Tuesday, November 12 at 6:30 PM TBA https://www.meetup.com/Johannesburg-Ms-Dev-User-Group/events/262249650/ |
Durban Xamarin User Group
This user group has just started up, but I know Xamarin developers. We are a great bunch, so come along and see what is happening:
No upcoming events
