Asheville Tech Events for October

This month: React Native, Solution Saturday, ReST, blockchain and more!

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Technology events in Asheville, NC for October 2019

It is another packed month of exciting tech events around Asheville and WNC, including:

Code for Asheville's first ever "Solution Saturday," in cooperation with the Buncombe County Library System. This will include a workshop on internet basics and one-on-one sessions. They'll also be accepting technology donations for refurbishment and subsequent distribution (details below).
The return of the RETR3AT cybersecurity conference at Montreat College, happening this weekend. Details here.
A beginner-friendly introduction to blockchain technology, hosted by Tech Talent South (details below).

Looking ahead to next month, it is time for another Hatch This! hackathon, taking place Friday, November 1 through Sunday, November 3. More information and tickets available here.

Don't forget to add these events to your calendars and I'll see you out there.

- Jay

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Asheville Makers

Tuesdays - 7 to 9 PM

Open Meeting and Hangout

All are welcome. Feel free to bring any projects you are working on to show off or get help with, or just come to socialize and nerd out for a couple hours.

Location: The Refinery (207 Coxe Ave)

http://ashevillemakers.org/events/list/

Wednesdays - 7 to 9 PM

"Make-Out" Night

Come "make-out" with fellow makers for our weekly project night at the makerspace. Open to all, but the focus is on providing time for members to come down to the space to work on their personal projects.

Location: The Refinery (207 Coxe Ave, Studio 14)

Tuesday, October 15 - 6 to 7 PM

Pre-Meeting Dinner Gathering

Informal gathering on each third Thursday before the regular meeting at the Refinery.

Location: Asheville Pizza & Brewing (77 Coxe Ave)

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Asheville Area WordPress Group

Wednesday, October 2 - 6 to 8 PM

Exploring the DB tables behind WordPress

Come get an overview of the database tables that power WordPress. Learn what information is stored in the database tables and which table it is stored in. What data you can edit, how to edit it, and IF you should edit it from the database.

Location: Mojo Coworking

https://www.meetup.com/Asheville-Area-WordPress-Group/events/265019839/

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Wednesday, October 16 - 6 to 8 PM

Migrating WordPress sites

Most hosts will handle migrating your site if you are moving your site from one host to theirs. But sometimes you want (or need) to do it yourself. Or you want to sync your local copy with your live site. Like everything else, there are many ways to copy/move/migrate a site. Come share your favorite way and learn the methods others use.

Location: Mojo Coworking

https://www.meetup.com/Asheville-Area-WordPress-Group/events/262984641/

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Asheville Coders League

Wednesdays, October 2, 16 and 30 - 7 to 10 PM

Weekly Low-Pressure Social Get-Together

A casual meetup of developers, tech pros, hobbyists, and geeks with a wide range of interests and experience. Newcomers are always welcome.

Location: Asheville Pizza and Brewing (Coxe Ave)

https://www.meetup.com/Asheville-Coders-League/events/

Wednesday, October 23 - 7 to 8:30 PM

Hypermedia Links in REST APIs (HATEOAS)

Johnathon Wright presents on the advantages of HATEOAS, the fourth constraint of Roy Fielding's ReST-ful interfaces. Although it has been around for decades, most people have never seen an example of it in production, or even in theory. We'll look at using ref tags, resource links, self-navigable APIs, and other mind-expanding stuff. Please join us at the Bier Garden afterward for food and drink.

Location: The Collider (1 Haywood St)

https://www.meetup.com/Asheville-Coders-League/events/265301197/

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Unity Game Programmers

Thursdays - 6 to 9 PM

Weekly Meeting

General discussion. Feel free to bring what you're working on to show off or get help.

Location: AB Tech (340 Victoria Rd - Room 108)

https://www.meetup.com/Unity-Game-Developers-WNC/

Tech Talent South

Thursday, October 3 - 6 to 7:30 PM

Blockchain: Practical Applications

In this beginner-friendly, introductory presentation on the blockchain, we will discuss what a blockchain is, what problem it solves, and the many ways it can be used. Extending far beyond financial applications, blockchains will disrupt the medical industry, the legal field, supply chain management, cybersecurity, deed management, identity, and governance. In this meetup, we will discuss these many applications and more!

Location: Mojo Coworking

https://www.meetup.com/Tech-Talent-South-Asheville/events/265092452/

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Code for Asheville

Saturday, October 5 - 11 AM to 4 PM

Solution Saturday

Code for Asheville and Buncombe County Public Libraries are putting on our first Solution Saturday. There will be one-on-one sessions, with tech-savvy volunteers, for walk-ins who have questions about how to use the internet. At 1 p.m. Alyx Perry of Code for Asheville will give a workshop on Internet basics including logging in to WiFi at the library, using email, and printing. And we will be accepting donations of unused desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones, re-purposing them with folks that need them. Come and support people-helping-people at our libraries!

Location: Enka-Candler Branch Library (1404 Sand Hill Rd, Candler)

https://www.meetup.com/Code-for-Asheville/events/264592695/

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Thursday, October 10 - 5:30 to 8:30 PM

Monthly Community Meetup

Come and join our community of committed people. We help government work for the people who need it most!

Location: Stephens-Lee Rec Center (30 George Washington Carver)

https://www.meetup.com/Code-for-Asheville/events/bxppzpyznbnb/

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WNC Linux User Group

Saturday, October 5 - 12:00 PM

Monthly Meeting

We will share our recent Linux experience and may have a presentation of a project.

Location: Earthfare Community Room (South location - Hendersonville Rd)

http://wnclug.blogspot.com/

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Asheville Women in Tech

Tuesday, October 8 - 6 to 7:30 PM

Social Night

Let's meet up for some social time! Grab a beer or your favorite drink and talk about tech. Or we can talk about anything you want!

Location: Achetype Brewing (265 Haywood Rd)

https://www.meetup.com/Asheville-Women-in-Tech/events/kqnqgryznblb/

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Asheville JavaScript Meetup

Thursday, October 10 - 5:30 to 7:30 PM

React Native

Melinda Golden will be presenting an introduction to React Native, a framework that lets you build native mobile apps for both iOS and Android with JavaScript and React.

Location: Focal Point Coworking (125 S Lexington)

https://www.meetup.com/Asheville-Javascript-Meetup/events/264595280/

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Google Developer Group

Monday, October 14 - 6:30 to 8:30 PM

Monthly Meeting

TBD

Location: The Collider (1 Haywood St)

https://www.meetup.com/Google-Developers-Group-Asheville/events/rwnsfryznbsb/

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Analytics in Asheville

Tuesday, October 15 - 5:30 to 7:30 PM

Monthly Meeting - Python

For this meetup we'll talk about different Python setups. If you have a favorite IDE/code editor, be ready to talk about it.

Location: North Asheville Public Library

https://www.meetup.com/Analytics-in-Asheville/events/265048713/

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Asheville Drupal User Group

Wednesday, October 23 - 6 to 7:30 PM

Monthly Social Drupal Meetup

Monthly casual gathering for a slice of pizza with a side of Drupal. No agenda set, but feel free to bring a topic if you have something you'd like to chat about.

Location: Standard Pizza (755 Biltmore Ave)

https://www.meetup.com/asheville-drupal-user-group/events/rqlbfryznbfc/

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