Each year our big social spring event just keeps getting bigger and better. This year we'll be in our new location at the Forge (Pillar Technology). We'll have awesome door prizes for the first attendees and we'll be raffling off…
As we recover from the holiday season, it's time to reflect on the past year. For the Des Moines Web Geeks, it was incredible! In 2016, we: Hosted 16 events, including 12 evening events, three lunch events and our annual social event…
Happy New Year, Web Geeks! We will *not* be meeting in January so we can plan for all the awesome events we'll be having each month in 2017. Some exciting things to look forward to will be our annual social event,…
Come join the DSM Web Geeks as we dig into a data visualization framework. What is it and how can we utilize it? Come and find out by hearing Austin Lyon speak about the dc.js framework! This will include a…
Come join the Des Moines Web Geeks as we hear from UX designers from the area about how they prototype design solutions. The topics covered are: CSS Microinteractions by Rachel McClung Mobile & Responsive Web Design With Photoshop Artboards by…
If you didn't make it to the spring social event or maybe you just want to hear that talk again, you're in luck! All of the sessions were recorded (successfully!) and have been uploaded to Youtube for your viewing pleasure.…
Laravel is a web application framework that attempts to take the pain out of development by easing common tasks used in the majority of web projects, such as authentication, routing, sessions, queueing, and caching. Come join us as we dive…
It's just about time for the 2016 Web Geeks Social Event on March 21st at 6:30pm at the Downtown Legends. Make sure you have the date saved--you won't want to miss drinks, prizes and great speakers. Thanks to our sponsors at…
Learning a new web framework is always daunting. Luckily, Ruby on Rails makes it easy to create a web application out of the box by making assumptions about what a web application needs. As a result, a developer can get an app…
Join us on March 21st for our annual social event featuring speakers, prizes, and drinks! Our annual social event will not sport the same format as our monthly Dojos. This event is more like a small tech conference. We will have a…