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Even bad code can function. But if code isn't clean, it can bring a development organisation to its knees. Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of poorly written code. But it doesn't have to be that way?

Even bad code can function. But if code isn't clean, it can bring a development organisation to its knees. Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of poorly written code. But it doesn't have to be that way?

Startup World is an initiative to promote startups, entrepreneurship and technology through a global competition to find the world’s most innovative startups. We have identified 36 tech hub cities around the world and London is our first stop in Europe. Come see what London has to offer against the world.

The Spring Hackathon challenges developers to create web and mobile apps and visualisation tools to make local council websites and local public information more usable and accessible to all in the community.

MTM is hosting its latest Roundtable event on 16th April. We'll be debating the future of pay-TV in the UK with a panel of experts, from ITV, Virgin Media, BT Vision, BSkyB, All3Media and Berenberg Bank. Places for this free event are strictly limited. To register your interest in attending, please email your details to [email protected].

Logistics & Schedule: Date – Thursday, 18 April, 2013 Time - 6:30pm for 7pm start Location - SapientNitro, 8 Spital Square, London, E1 6DU 6:30 – 7:00 :: Drinks and Nibbles 7:00 – 7:10 :: Welcome and Announcements 7:10 – 8:45 :: Presentations 8.45 – 9.30 :: Networking Ticket information: Tickets are available through Eventbrite

This workshop is for entrepreneurs, intraprenuers, data and marketing professionals who are passionate about data, making sense of metrics and acquiring a deeper understanding of analytics.

We host the London Clojure Community for their monthly meetup. This month the group meet to hear two talks - including Kris Jenkins on the history of Clojure.

The Refactoring Dojo is hands-on right from the outset and promotes “learning by doing”.

Prototyping is an often misunderstood subject, especially when it comes to mobile apps, and commonly mistaken for wireframing or detailed project specifications.

Complexity is the silent killer of productivity in software development. An unnecessarily complex solution can result in an order of magnitude larger problem for system evolution, even to the point of bringing a solution's development to a halt as 'it has just become too complex to develop further'.

Test-Driven Development is an important design technique that helps software developers improve product quality and schedule predictability.

This unique event is being held for advertising, digital, creative and marketing agencies with teams of 20 or more - who are looking to increase profitability within the agency.