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title: >
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One official Drupal development environment?
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pubDate: 2023-10-31
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archive/2023/10/31/one-official-drupal-development-environment
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tags:
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- drupal
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- php
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---
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Yesterday, I read [a post by Kevin Quillen][post] titled 'DDEV being considered as the "official" Drupal development environment'.
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I've been a DDEV user, and I've also used most, if not all, of the other popular Drupal development environments.
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These days, I use [my own Docker Compose-based setup][mine], 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.
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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.
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## Collaboration is key
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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.
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## But what about existing teams and projects?
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If your company or team already uses another option, you can continue to use it.
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If you have an existing solution, I don't think it will be removed or abandoned in the near future.
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But, for new Drupal users and teams, one official development environment would be a big plus.
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[mine]: https://www.oliverdavies.uk/archive/2022/08/21/2022-08-21
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[post]: https://kevinquillen.com/ddev-being-considered-official-drupal-development-environment
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