Developer Resources

A curated collection of events, learning paths, and community resources for software developers in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex, maintained by La Vida Financial as part of our commitment to serving the local tech community.

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Upcoming Meetups and Events

February 2026

Feb
9
Mon

Season of AI Workshop: Let's learn MCP (Model Context Protocol)

Global AI Dallas / Fort Worth

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CST • Improving (Plano)

📍 5445 Legacy Dr, Suite 100 Plano, TX 75024

AI MCP
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Feb
11
Wed

MCP Servers in Java

JavaMUG

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM CST • Improving (Plano)

📍 5445 Legacy Dr, Suite 100 Plano, TX 75024

Java
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Feb
11
Wed

Vibes, Flows, Code - Agentic AI Social, AI Workflows

easiest.ai Frisco & DFW Meetup

4:00 PM - 8:00 PM CST • Frisco Library

📍 8000 Dallas Pkwy, Frisco, TX 75034

AI Social
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Feb
12
Thu

The 2026 AI Masterclass. Use AI the RIGHT way

Dallas Software Developers Group

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM CST • Yum! Restaurants International (Plano)

📍 7100 Corporate Dr Plano, TX 75024

AI
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Feb
17
Tue

The Wellness OS: Getting to the Root

Dallas/Fort Worth Postgres

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CST • Online

Cloud
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Feb
17
Tue

Elastic Unlocked #1: A Hands-On Enablement Session with Elastic Consulting

Elastic Meetup

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM CST • Improving (Plano)

📍 5445 Legacy Dr, Suite 100 Plano, TX 75024

Cloud Database
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Featured Developer Communities

Dallas Software Developers

📍 Yum! Restaurants International (Plano)

🗓️ Monthly meetups

Community-driven network offering twice-monthly meetups, hands-on workshops, mentorship, free project cohorts, hackathons, and an annual conference to help developers build skills, showcase real-world work, and grow together.

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Java Metroplex User Group

📍 Improving (Plano)

🗓️ Monthly meetups

Dedicated to advancing Java through high-quality technical presentations, interactive discussions, and mentorship across Java platforms, APIs, and real-world applications.

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DFW Pythoneers

📍 Improving (Plano)

🗓️ Monthly meetups

Community offering twice-monthly social and hands-on technical meetups with educational talks spanning web development, databases, systems administration, and game programming for all experience levels.

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Big Design DFW

📍 Improving (Plano)

🗓️ Monthly meetups

Dallas–Fort Worth chapter of UXPA International, bringing designers together through monthly meetups, workshops, conferences, and networking to share best practices, showcase local talent, and elevate UX across the region’s leading companies.

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Dallas TechXchange

📍 Toyota Connected North America (Plano)

🗓️ Monthly meetups

Community uniting software, product, DevOps, design, and Agile professionals to share knowledge, solve real-world challenges, and foster sustainable, customer-focused collaboration across modern technology organizations.

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GDG Cloud Southlake

📍 Southlake

🗓️ Monthly meetups

Brings cloud practitioners together across the Dallas–Fort Worth area to explore Google Cloud Platform, travel technology, and emerging trends across modern cloud ecosystems through community, learning, and shared discovery.

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Free Learning Resources

Udemy

Access thousands of free courses covering programming languages, web development, mobile apps, data science, and more. Requires a library card to access premium courses for free through your local library.

freeCodeCamp

Comprehensive curriculum with professional certifications in responsive web design, JavaScript, front-end libraries, data visualization, and more. Learn by building real projects and contributing to nonprofits.

The Odin Project

Open-source full-stack curriculum covering HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, Ruby on Rails, and databases. Project-based learning with a supportive community and clear learning paths.

Harvard CS50

Harvard's legendary introduction to computer science covering algorithms, data structures, web development, and more. Free through edX with optional paid certificate.

Developer Roadmaps

Visual learning paths for frontend, backend, DevOps, and other tech career tracks. Interactive guides showing what to learn and in what order to become job-ready.

Java - University of Helsinki

Comprehensive Java programming course from one of Europe's top universities. Hands-on exercises with automated feedback and no prior programming experience required.

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