A list of meetups and initiatives for front-end developers in the Netherlands! Feel free to fork and open a pull-request with additions or removals of inactive meetups.
Below is the general list. I also made specific lists for
- meetups themed around a certain CMS
- meetups aimed at women/increasing diversity in tech
- initiatives where you can learn to code (front-end)
| Topic | Total meetups | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| UX | 16 | 11,8 |
| Testing | 11 | 8,1 |
| Development | 73 | 53,7 |
| Javascript | 8 | 5,9 |
| Javascript framework | 8 | 5,9 |
| Design | 7 | 5,1 |
| Networking | 6 | 4,4 |
| Education | 1 | 0,7 |
| A/B testing | 1 | 0,7 |
| Business | 1 | 0,7 |
| Management | 3 | 2,2 |
| A11y | 1 | 0,7 |
| Total meetups | 136 | 100,0 |
| Total in Amsterdam | 70 | 51,5 |
| Total in Den Haag | 1 | 0,7 |
| Total in Rotterdam | 2 | 1,5 |
| Total in Utrecht | 16 | 11,8 |
| Name | Members | Region | Subjects | Type | Independent? | In 2017 | In 2018 | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABCD | 62 | Utrecht | A/B testing | |||||
| Inclusive Design & Accessibility | 518 | Den Haag | A11y | |||||
| Dutch Web Alliance Meetups | 68 | Utrecht | Development | |||||
| Tech Morning Meetup | 3922 | Amsterdam | Business | Show and tell | Yes | |||
| Amsterdam Code + Design Community | 714 | Amsterdam | Design | yes | 12 | 0 | https://www.meetup.com/Amsterdam-Code-Design-Community/ | |
| Behavior Design AMS | 2093 | Amsterdam | Design | |||||
| Design Thinking Amsterdam | 1591 | Amsterdam | Design | |||||
| Designer & Creator Hangout | 1051 | Amsterdam | Design | |||||
| Master Digital Design | 507 | Amsterdam | Design | |||||
| Strategic Design Sandbox | 1292 | Amsterdam | Design | |||||
| Ontwerp Platform Arnhem OPA | 104 | Arnhem | Design | |||||
| Amsterdam Creatives | 405 | Amsterdam | Development | yes | 1 | 0 | https://www.meetup.com/AmsterdamCreativesMeetup/ | |
| Amsterdam Women in Technology | 388 | Amsterdam | Development | Talks, diversity | Yes | 2 | 0 | https://www.meetup.com/Amsterdam-Women-in-Technology |
| Amsterdam Women in Tech Meetup | 82 | Amsterdam | Development | Salesforce | yes | 1 | 1 | https://www.meetup.com/Salesforce-Amsterdam-WomenInTech/ |
| AmsterdamTech.City | 360 | Amsterdam | Development | Multiple talks | Yes, but part of GlobalTechCity | 3 | 0 | https://www.meetup.com/AmsterdamTechCity |
| Blue Harvest Meetups | 356 | Amsterdam | Development | No | ||||
| Codemotion Amsterdam Meetup | 542 | Amsterdam | Development | Yes, but part of a conference | ||||
| Dev hearts Des | 234 | Amsterdam | Development | |||||
| DigitalOcean Amsterdam | 1561 | Amsterdam | Development | Multiple Talks + Networking | No (Sponsored by DigitalOcean) | https://www.meetup.com/DigitalOceanAmsterdam | ||
| Food+tech Amsterdam | 265 | Amsterdam | Development | |||||
| Framer Amsterdam | 62 | Amsterdam | Development | |||||
| Frontend Coding NL | 447 | Amsterdam | Development | |||||
| Frontend Developer Meetup Amsterdam | 401 | Amsterdam | Development | |||||
| Frontend Developer Women | 196 | Amsterdam | Development | No, organised by a recruitment party (The FrontendLab) | ||||
| GDG Netherlands | 296 | Amsterdam | Development | No | ||||
| Geek Girls Carrots Amsterdam | 358 | Amsterdam | Development | Networking | ||||
| Gemini Solutions Amsterdam | 107 | Amsterdam | Development | No | ||||
| Girl Code | 885 | Amsterdam | Development | |||||
| GitHub Meetup Group BeNeLux | 388 | Amsterdam | Development | |||||
| GOTO Nights Amsterdam | 2406 | Amsterdam | Development | Yes, but part of a conference | ||||
| Hackers & Founders | 432 | Amsterdam | Development | |||||
| Honeypot Tech Talks Amsterdam | 455 | Amsterdam | Development | |||||
| Integration & Society Meetup Amsterdam | 180 | Amsterdam | Development | |||||
| IPAs & APIs | 548 | Amsterdam | Development | |||||
| Let's Code Together - Women's Code Club in Amsterdam | 210 | Amsterdam | Development | |||||
| Mijndomein Labtalks | 175 | Amsterdam | Development | No | ||||
| Nederlandse Frontend Developers | 413 | Amsterdam | Development | No, organised by a recruitment party (The FrontendLab) | ||||
| NLHTML5 | 1880 | Amsterdam | Development | Ja | ||||
| Permanent Beta | 4721 | Amsterdam | Development | |||||
| Refresh Amsterdam | 33 | Amsterdam | Development | |||||
| Schiphol Developers Group | 707 | Amsterdam | Development | |||||
| TalentQrunch Tech Talks Amsterdam | 519 | Amsterdam | Development | No, TalentQrunch is a recruitment company | ||||
| The NextGen Meetups | 112 | Amsterdam | Development | No, company meetup | ||||
| We All Code | 307 | Amsterdam | Development | |||||
| Women in Tech | 260 | Amsterdam | Development | Networking | ||||
| Apeldoorn Webdevs | 192 | Apeldoorn | Development | |||||
| de Internet Jongens | 201 | Apeldoorn | Development | No, company meetup | ||||
| Avisi Techdays & TostiTalks (Arnhem) | 384 | Arnhem/Nijmegen | Development | No | ||||
| Developer Tech Nite | 58 | Baarn | Development | |||||
| Breda Development Meetup | 518 | Breda | Development | |||||
| Blauwe Makers | 127 | Den Bosch | Development | |||||
| DEVdev - Deventer Developers | 356 | Deventer | Development | |||||
| Stedendriehoek web developers | 104 | Deventer | Development | |||||
| Drukwerkdeal.nl Developer Meetup | 171 | Deventer? | Development | |||||
| Dordrecht Internet (Startups) Meetup | 107 | Dordrecht | Development | |||||
| 040coders.nl | 476 | Eindhoven | Development | |||||
| DownSouth Eindhoven | 147 | Eindhoven | Development | |||||
| Eindhoven Developers Meetup | 975 | Eindhoven | Development | |||||
| Functional Twente | 83 | Enschede | Development | |||||
| Girls Who Like Code | 252 | Groningen | Development | |||||
| Groningen Frontend Devs | 146 | Groningen | Development | |||||
| Refresh | 205 | Groningen | Development | |||||
| Haarlem Coding Meetup | 50 | Haarlem | Development | |||||
| Haarlem Software Development Meetup | 513 | Haarlem | Development | |||||
| Haarlem.tech | 74 | Haarlem | Development | |||||
| Nodeschool Haarlem | 376 | Haarlem | Development | |||||
| VechtdalDev | 116 | Hardenberg | Development | |||||
| EU Tech Meetup | 259 | Maastricht | Development | |||||
| Role=Drinks | 30+ | Netherlands | Development | |||||
| DevMotion Meetup | 221 | Nieuwegein | Development | |||||
| Nijmegen Developers Meetup | 260 | Nijmegen | Development | |||||
| Beroepsvereniging van informatie- en IT-professionals | 57 | Rotterdam | Development | |||||
| Frontend Developers Zuid-Holland | 509 | Rotterdam | Development | Kennissessies | No, organised by a recruitment party (The FrontendLab) | |||
| 073 Developers Beer Chat | 100 | s Hertogenbosch | Development | Networking-meetups | ||||
| Creative Coding Tilburg | 135 | Tilburg | Development | |||||
| Creative Coding Utrecht | 575 | Utrecht | Development | Show and tell | ||||
| DomCode | 672 | Utrecht | Development | |||||
| Infi Developers Meetup | 240 | Utrecht | Development | No | ||||
| Sogeti Front-End & Mobile | 151 | Vianen | Development | No | ||||
| Sogeti Nederland | 191 | Vianen | Development | No | ||||
| CodeMonkeys | 78 | Zwolle | Development | |||||
| WDG - Wehkamp Development Group | 170 | Zwolle | Development | No | ||||
| Webdev Zwolle | 351 | Zwolle | Development | No | ||||
| Amsterdam Onderwijs en technologie Meetup | 66 | Amsterdam | Education | Students networking with employers | yes | 0 | 1 | https://www.meetup.com/Amsterdam-Onderwijs-en-technologie-Meetup/ |
| AmsterdamJS | 2371 | Amsterdam | Javascript | Multiple talks | Yes, but part of AmsterdamJS conf | 4 | 2 | https://www.meetup.com/AmsterdamJS/ |
| Beer.js Amsterdam | 425 | Amsterdam | Javascript | |||||
| GoReactive | 227 | Amsterdam | Javascript | |||||
| JavaScript Lab Amsterdam | 264 | Amsterdam | Javascript | |||||
| Eindhoven.js | 86 | Eindhoven | Javascript | |||||
| Twente.js | 220 | Enschede | Javascript | |||||
| NijmegenJS | 151 | Nijmegen | Javascript | |||||
| Utrecht JavaScript Meetup | 981 | Utrecht | Javascript | |||||
| Angular Amsterdam Meetup | 175 | Amsterdam | Javascript framework | No, organised by a recruitment party (The FrontendLab) | ||||
| AngularDam | 113 | Amsterdam | Javascript framework | |||||
| Ember.js Amsterdam | 338 | Amsterdam | Javascript framework | |||||
| JavaScript MVC Meetup Amsterdam | 902 | Amsterdam | Javascript framework | |||||
| React Amsterdam | 814 | Amsterdam | Javascript framework | |||||
| React Native Amsterdam | 924 | Amsterdam | Javascript framework | |||||
| VueJS Meetup Amsterdam | 586 | Amsterdam | Javascript framework | No (FrontendLab) | ||||
| Meteor Leuven | 158 | Leuven, Belgium | Javascript framework | |||||
| Codestar Night | 555 | Utrecht | Development | 1 talk + networking | Yes | 4 | 1 | https://www.meetup.com/Code-Star-Night/ |
| Lead Developers Amsterdam | 209 | Amsterdam | Management | |||||
| ProductTank AMS | 1500 | Amsterdam | Management | |||||
| Silicon Veluwe | 118 | Apeldoorn | Management | |||||
| Amsterdam Tech Runners | 1179 | Amsterdam | Networking | Networking while working out | yes | 11 | 0 | https://www.meetup.com/AmsterdamTechRunners/ |
| AMSxTech Meetups | 2119 | Amsterdam | Networking | Monthly drinks | Yes | 8 | 12 | https://www.meetup.com/AMSxTech/ |
| Webcrafters | Work On Your Sideproject | 1031 | Amsterdam | Networking | Yes | |||
| Drinks, Pitches & Demo’s | 73 | Eindhoven | Networking | |||||
| Beer & Bytes | 55 | Nijmegen | Networking | |||||
| Coffee Code and Chat | 840 | Utrecht | Networking | |||||
| Amsterdam - Remote User Testing | 530 | Amsterdam | Testing | yes | 2 | 0 | https://www.meetup.com/Amsterdam-Remote-User-Testing/ | |
| Behaviour Driven Development NL | 275 | Amsterdam | Testing | |||||
| Open Source Tools for Testing in DevOps Era - Amsterdam | 107 | Amsterdam | Testing | |||||
| Software Testing Nederland | 721 | Amsterdam | Testing | No, organised by a recruitment party (The FrontendLab) | ||||
| TestNet werkgroep test automatisering | 50 | Amsterdam | Testing | Part of TestNet, trade organisation for testers | ||||
| Code By The City | 212 | Groningen | Testing | |||||
| bol.com Techlab | 1010 | Utrecht | Testing | No | ||||
| Hands-on test tooling workshops by bol.com and VX Company | 128 | Utrecht | Testing | No | ||||
| Ministry of Testing - Utrecht | 250 | Utrecht | Testing | |||||
| Technical Test Experts Nederland | 404 | Utrecht | Testing | |||||
| Web Apps Veenendaal | 62 | Veenendaal | Testing | |||||
| UXNL | 889 | Amsterdam | UX | Multiple talks | yes | 3 | 1 | https://www.meetup.com/UX-NL-Meetup |
| Amsterdam UX | 3293 | Amsterdam | UX | 1 talk + networking | yes | 12 | 5 | https://www.meetup.com/AmsterdamUX/ |
| Amsterdam UX Cocktail Hours | 1153 | Amsterdam | UX | Networking-meetups | yes | 5 | 1 | https://www.meetup.com/Amsterdam-UX-Cocktail-Hours/ |
| booking.com UX Meetup | 1412 | Amsterdam | UX | Talks | No | 5 | 0 | https://www.meetup.com/Booking-com-UX-Meetup/ |
| Ladies that UX Amsterdam | 1958 | Amsterdam | UX | Talks, diversity | Yes | 4+ | 6 | https://www.meetup.com/Ladies-that-UX-Amsterdam/ |
| Lean UX Amsterdam | 1047 | Amsterdam | UX | |||||
| UX Designers HQ Amsterdam | 404 | Amsterdam | UX | |||||
| UX Playground Amsterdam | 133 | Amsterdam | UX | |||||
| Zorg | Voor UX | 96 | Arnhem | UX | ||||
| UX Research Groningen | 86 | Groningen | UX | |||||
| Think UX Haarlem | 156 | Haarlem | UX | |||||
| Nijmegen Experience Design Meetup | 20 | Nijmegen | UX | |||||
| Interaction Design Foundation UX Utrecht | 103 | Utrecht | UX | |||||
| Ladies that UX Utrecht | 621 | Utrecht | UX | |||||
| UX Book Club Utrecht | 106 | Utrecht | UX | |||||
| UXU - UX Utrecht | 446 | Utrecht | UX |