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The DDEV Local Development Environment: Talking with Maintainer Randy Fay

michaelemeyers — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 11:40:33 +0000

Randy Fay, the maintainer of DDEV discusses the key features and functionalities of DDEV, a Docker-based development environment that streamlines setting up and managing local development for applications (no Docker knowledge is required). Whether you're creating applications in Python, PHP, or other languages, DDEV will save you tremendous time and effort. It also works great for managing multiple projects, or working with a large distributed team, ensuring everyone’s configurations remain in sync. Randy also demos DDEV, showcasing how fast and easy it is to set up a local Drupal development environment quickly. Additionally, he touches upon the history and future of DDEV, and the critical role of the DDEV user community in both supporting the project and shaping it’s development. This interview is perfect for any developer interested in efficient development tools, current DDEV users, or anyone curious about local development technologies and best practices. --- For a transcript of this video, see The DDEV Local Development Environment- Talking with Randy Fay --- ## Links - DDEV - Docs - CMS Quickstarts - DDEV 2023 Review - DDEV 2024 Plans ---...

michaelemeyers Wed, 03/13/2024 - 04:40

On 20 Years of Drupal: an interview with Matthew Saunders

michaelemeyers — Tue, 30 May 2023 13:15:16 +0000

In continuing our 20 years of Drupal series, Tag1 Consulting's, Managing Director Michael Meyers interviews leaders from the Drupal Community who have been instrumental in creating one of the largest open-source communities and one of the most popular Content Management Systems that powers over 3% of the Internet. In this installment, join us for our talk with prolific contributor Matthew Saunders. Currently at Pfizer, Matthew shares his journey into technology by way of the Arts, where he discovered his passion for technology after becoming a Webmaster for an experimental dance company back in 1995. With over 15 years of continuous involvement in the Drupal Community - former board member of the Drupal Association and long-time organizer of Drupalcamp Colorado, we hope you will enjoy this trip down memory lane. --- For a transcript of this video, see On 20 Years of Drupal with Matthew Saunders. --- Photo by Jason Hafso on Unsplash

michaelemeyers Tue, 05/30/2023 - 06:15

How to Grow, Support, and Fund your Open Source Project - with Dries Buytaert - Pt. 1

lynette@tag1consulting.com — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 19:28:34 +0000

Dries Buytaert’s name is known to everyone in the Drupal community. As the originator of the project, project lead, and co-founder of Acquia, Dries has been a pivotal person in the success of Drupal. During this interview, you’ll learn more about some of the accomplishments, accidents, and purposeful decisions that have made Drupal what it is today.

lynette@tag1co… Wed, 03/31/2021 - 12:28

On 20 years of Drupal: an interview with Doug Green

lynette@tag1consulting.com — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 15:28:33 +0000

Tag1 Consulting team members talk about their experiences and memories as part of the community. In this installment, Managing Director Michael Meyers talks with Senior Architect Doug Green.

lynette@tag1co… Thu, 02/18/2021 - 07:28

Looking at the past, present, and future of Drupal

lynette@tag1consulting.com — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:30:41 +0000

As part of our Core Confidential series, Preston So, Editor in Chief here at Tag1 Consulting sat down with Angie Byron (webchick), Senior Director of Product and Community Development at Acquia, to talk about her many years of experience as a Drupal core committer, community manager, and where Drupal is going in the future.

lynette@tag1co… Mon, 01/25/2021 - 07:30

DrupalCon Europe 2020 is coming

lynette@tag1consulting.com — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:38:01 +0000

DrupalCons are unquestionably the biggest events of the year in the Drupal community. It’s an opportunity for developers, designers, users, customers, and businesses to get together and talk about everything Drupal! This year has been a difficult one for conferences, as everyone cancels, reschedules, or moves online. DrupalCon has been no exception to this, bringing both of this year’s conferences online, in an effort to continue fostering the project’s strong community. Always wanted to go to DrupalCon Europe but couldn’t afford the travel time and expense? DrupalCon this year gives people a unique opportunity - one of the biggest obstacles to DrupalCon attendance is getting there. With the conference being online, the difficulties and expenses of travel are reduced, because DrupalCon comes to you. With the reduced cost of travel, it makes more sense than ever for companies to encourage their employees to attend, and to purchase tickets for those attendees. And, if your company is looking to channel those resources it would’ve spent on travel? Sponsor DrupalCon, or help fund scholarships. Because DrupalCon is virtual, people who wouldn’t normally travel have the opportunity to attend, giving a potentially larger group to discuss initiatives, work on updates and changes, or...

lynette@tag1co… Tue, 12/01/2020 - 05:38

Core Confidential with Angie Byron (webchick) : The many faces of Drupal over 15 years - Pt. 2

preston — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 12:03:13 +0000

Part 1 | Part 2 Drupal is notorious for its "everyone has a voice" approach to open-source development, but it isn't easy to reach consensus across thousands of people with different backgrounds and opinions. In addition, Drupal has witnessed countless paradigm shifts in its lengthy history, both in the surrounding world of web development and in its internal workings. As Drupal has grown to power over two percent of the websites on the entire internet, many new workflows and governance structures have had to be put in place to guarantee the continued longevity of the Drupal community. In addition, with end-of-life quickly approaching for Drupal 7, contributors now have to juggle a widening range of versions. In this very special two-part series, join Angie Byron (Senior Director, Product and Community Development at Acquia), Michael Meyers (Managing Director at Tag1 Consulting), and your Core Confidential host Preston So (Editor in Chief at Tag1 Consulting), for a fireside chat with the one and only Angie Byron. We dove into some of the amazing (and not so amazing) things Angie has seen over the course of her fifteen years deeply involved in Drupal core development as well as what people need...

preston Mon, 11/09/2020 - 04:03

Core Confidential with Angie Byron (webchick) : Learning about 15 Years of Drupal Contribution - Pt. 1

preston — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 14:54:55 +0000

Part 1 | Part 2 Open-source software development isn't easy. There are few people who know this more intimately well than Angie Byron (webchick), who is one of the best-known community leaders in the Drupal ecosystem and Senior Director, Product and Community Development at Acquia. Over the course of Angie's fifteen years in Drupal contribution, the content management system has undergone a series of disruptive and significant changes that have reinvented the community multiple times over. As cat-herder of over 30,000 developers all around the world, Angie has had her fair share of experiences in Drupal core development. Drupal is notorious for its "everyone has a voice" approach to open-source development, but it isn't easy to reach consensus across thousands of people with different backgrounds and opinions. In addition, Drupal has witnessed countless paradigm shifts in its lengthy history, both in the surrounding world of web development and in its internal workings. As Drupal has grown to power over two percent of the websites on the entire internet, many new workflows and governance structures have had to be put in place to guarantee the continued longevity of the Drupal community. In addition, with end-of-life quickly approaching for Drupal...

preston Mon, 11/02/2020 - 06:54

Day in the life of a Core Maintainer & notes on Drupal 9 readiness - Core Confidential #1

preston — Wed, 13 May 2020 15:35:18 +0000

What is the day-to-day life of a Drupal core committer like? Besides squashing bugs and shepherding the Drupal project, the maintainers responsible for Drupal core are also constantly thinking of ways to improve the developer experience and upgrade process for novice and veteran Drupal users alike.

preston Wed, 05/13/2020 - 08:35

Support the Drupal Association

preston — Mon, 11 May 2020 12:27:54 +0000

Drupal is one of the largest and most active open-source software projects in the world. Behind the scenes is the Drupal Association, the non-profit organization responsible for enabling it to thrive by architecting and introducing new tooling and infrastructure to support the needs of the community and ecosystem. Many of us know the Drupal Association as the primary organizer of the global DrupalCon conference twice a year. But it's less common knowledge that the Drupal Association is actively engaged in Drupal development and maintains some of the most important elements of the Drupal project. This runs across the spectrum of software localizations, version updates, security advisories, dependency metadata, and other "cloud services" like the Drupal CI system that empower developers to keep building on Drupal. With the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Drupal Association is in dire financial straits due to losses sustained from DrupalCon North America (one of the largest sources of funding) having to be held as a virtual event this year. As part of the #DrupalCares campaign, we at Tag1 Consulting implore organizations that use Drupal, companies that provide Drupal services, and even individuals who make their living off Drupal development to contribute in some shape or form...

preston Mon, 05/11/2020 - 05:27