We're a London study group on Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP). SICP is a classic programming text (even if you don't program in lisp) and the breadth and depth of the ideas in the book will certainly improve your craft. But don't take my word for it. Peter Norvig gave a review of it: ".... The book doesn't directly tell you how to design and write an object-oriented program using the subset of object-oriented principles that show up in the syntax of Java or C++. Rather, …

Cambridge developer's User Group Hacking, Coding, Beer, Coffee, Laptops and Friends. ...In a small city like Cambridge, it's important to bring niche *interest* groups together, devoid of business interests and pressures,where people are motivated by "fun" and not profit, to explore common interests and help build real lasting friendships and communities whose shared interests span beyond yesterday's technology labels. How do we do this? ... Coding Dojos, code retreats, regular socials, beer, B …

Come and meet other software developers interested in the Scala programming language in the London area. Talks are normally held at Skills Matters on the 2nd Wednesday of the months. We also have a Coding Dojo every 3rd Thursday of the month, the current source code is: https://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/lsug-dojo twitter: @LondonScala and we use the hashtag #lsug We have a chart group at: http://groups.google.com/group/scala-london finally, if you're interested in Scala Jobs then https://grou …

Hoodlums is a group for experienced software developers interested in the programming language Haskell. Members range in experience from those just reading about the language to those working with it daily. The purpose of the group is to help members learn from each other, to share experience, provide a forum for questions and to get a chance to hack some code. We meet monthly on the second Thursday of the month in Canary Wharf. It is a "Coding Dojo" format where we pick some interesting proble …