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      One official Drupal development environment?
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      <p>Yesterday, I read <a href="https://kevinquillen.com/ddev-being-considered-official-drupal-development-environment">a post by Kevin Quillen</a> titled 'DDEV being considered as the "official" Drupal development environment'.</p>

      <p>I've been a DDEV user, and I've also used most, if not all, of the other popular Drupal development environments.</p>

      <p>These days, I use <a href="/daily/2022/08/21/2022-08-21">my own Docker Compose-based setup</a>, but I feel having an official development environment would be an excellent move for the Drupal community and project - and for new Drupal users, evaluators and contributors in particular.</p>

      <p>Anything that lowers the barrier to using or contributing to Drupal is a good thing and allows for more focused documentation and a simpler onboarding experience, similar to what other projects have - such as Laravel with Homestead, Valet and now, Sail.</p>

      <h2 id="collaboration-is-key">Collaboration is key</h2>

      <p>Instead of multiple similar projects creating the same features and fixing the same issues, there could be an opportunity to collaborate or even combine projects and resources in the future.</p>

      <h2 id="but-what-about-existing-teams-and-projects%3F">But what about existing teams and projects?</h2>

      <p>If your company or team already uses another option, you can continue to use it.</p>

      <p>If you have an existing solution, I don't think it will be removed or abandoned in the near future.</p>

      <p>But, for new Drupal users and teams, one official development environment would be a big plus.</p>

              
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      <p>Yesterday, I read <a href="https://kevinquillen.com/ddev-being-considered-official-drupal-development-environment">a post by Kevin Quillen</a> titled 'DDEV being considered as the "official" Drupal development environment'.</p>

      <p>I've been a DDEV user, and I've also used most, if not all, of the other popular Drupal development environments.</p>

      <p>These days, I use <a href="/daily/2022/08/21/2022-08-21">my own Docker Compose-based setup</a>, but I feel having an official development environment would be an excellent move for the Drupal community and project - and for new Drupal users, evaluators and contributors in particular.</p>

      <p>Anything that lowers the barrier to using or contributing to Drupal is a good thing and allows for more focused documentation and a simpler onboarding experience, similar to what other projects have - such as Laravel with Homestead, Valet and now, Sail.</p>

      <h2 id="collaboration-is-key">Collaboration is key</h2>

      <p>Instead of multiple similar projects creating the same features and fixing the same issues, there could be an opportunity to collaborate or even combine projects and resources in the future.</p>

      <h2 id="but-what-about-existing-teams-and-projects%3F">But what about existing teams and projects?</h2>

      <p>If your company or team already uses another option, you can continue to use it.</p>

      <p>If you have an existing solution, I don't think it will be removed or abandoned in the near future.</p>

      <p>But, for new Drupal users and teams, one official development environment would be a big plus.</p>

              
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