Welcome to the Portland, Oregon Drupal Users Group. We have an official meetup once every month.
1. Meetings take place every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm-8pm US/Pacific.
Join this group to receive updates. Keep an eye on Slack for information between meetings.
No need to RSVP; meetings are open to all.
Join the online community on Drupal Slack in the #drupal-pdx channel.
You can support our group at OpenCollective.com/portland-drupal.
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April 2023 Portland Meeting
On the second Wednesday of every month join the Portland Drupal User Group meetup to talk about Drupal.
These meetups are for ALL levels of Drupal users, from those of us who have only briefly heard of it but are interested in learning more to those of us who know a lot of but are always looking to learn more! Come get involved!
April 2023 meeting is at Hawthorne Asylum Food Truck Pod SE 10th Ave &, 1080 SE Madison St, Portland, OR 97214
and online at
Community Bridge virtual conference room: https://communitybridge.com/bbb-room/pdx-drupal/
Become a Drupal *Architect* Series - Begins in just 1 month!
Our Drupal Architect series is back to teach you how to make the right long-term architectural decisions, as well as how to get the most out of Drupal's modern symfony-based architecture.
This series begins on March 16th, and includes all five of the 2.5-hour Drupal Architect classes. By signing up for the full Drupal Architect series you automatically receive a total of 20% off!
The Architect Series: https://debugacademy.com/event/become-drupal-architect-series-5-classes/...
We'll address topics such as performance, caching, security, data structure, writing maintainable OOP code, dependency injection, testing, and much more.
Here's what people who took the architect series had to say:
"This is the course to take if you're looking to move from intermediate to advanced Drupal knowledge. The tools and real life examples alone are worth the price."
"This course is time and money well spent. It provides you with practical information to help you make more informed data/content modeling decisions."
"Extremely knowledgeable on the subject matter. The instructor (Ashraf) has a very good understanding of the Drupal ecosystem and was able to answer all questions effortlessly."
"Ashraf has deep knowledge of Drupal and it comes out in the examples he provides. He's a clear communicator, and I trusted him to guide us in the right direction. "
Please feel welcome to reach out with any questions about our courses or custom training: ashraf@debugacademy.com
Read moreBecome a Drupal 9 (and 10) Developer with Debug Academy! - Begins in January
This course teaches Drupal 9 & 10 development with a focus on front end development (including Composer, Git, CMI, SASS, Twig, PHP, and more!)
Whether you're unfamiliar with Drupal, a Drupal site builder, or self-taught with Drupal 7, you're in for a treat. Debug Academy's comprehensive Drupal course teaches Drupal best practices for developers of any level.
https://debugacademy.com/course/drupal-web-development
What two students have said:
- A beginner: "I am so glad that I took the course. I get to work from home and earn a good living. It is everything I hoped for and more!"
- An experienced dev: "It's great to finally get to learn the why's of why I was doing certain things/running commands instead of just doing rote execution. Starting to feel more confident already."
Drupal 10 Global Launch Party
Drupal 10 has a virtual global launch party, for more information see the https://www.drupal10party.com/
We'll see whether the weather in January looks warm enough for an in person meeting. Find us on Drupal's Slack channel in #drupal-pdx for the latest updates, and to say hello.
Read moreNovember 9, 2022 Meetup
https://www.meetup.com/portland-drupal/events/289246111/
Meeting at John's Marketplace on Powell Outside! in the fresh air. We'll try to grab a larger table.
These meetups are for ALL levels of Drupal users, from those of us who have only briefly heard of it but are interested in learning more to those of us who know a lot of but are always looking to learn more! Come get involved!
Read moreOctober Meetup
Meeting at John's Marketplace on Powell Outside! in the fresh air. We'll try to grab a larger table.
These meetups are for ALL levels of Drupal users, from those of us who have only briefly heard of it but are interested in learning more to those of us who know a lot of but are always looking to learn more! Come get involved!
Read moreBecome a Drupal 9 (and 10) Developer with Debug Academy! - Begins in September
This course teaches Drupal 9 (and 10) development with a focus on front end development.
Whether you're unfamiliar with Drupal, a Drupal site builder, or self-taught with Drupal 7, you're in for a treat. Debug Academy's comprehensive Drupal course teaches Drupal best practices for developers of any level.
https://debugacademy.com/course/drupal-web-development
What two students have said:
- A beginner: "I am so glad that I took the course. I get to work from home and earn a good living. It is everything I hoped for and more!"
- An experienced dev: "It's great to finally get to learn the why's of why I was doing certain things/running commands instead of just doing rote execution. Starting to feel more confident already."
Photo from DrupalCOn
On the slack channel and in the DrupalCon social events board, Sam Mortenson announced a PDX Drupal Group meetup last night at The Rambler in the Mississipi neighborhood. 25-30 people took over the back porch for w few hours. If you missed it, here is what you missed:

There was some discussion if this was a good impetus to start in-person meetups again, but nothing was decided on the spot. Post here if you'd like to have a social event sometime soon.
Read moreDebugging Twig templates with XDebug and PHP Storm
Amber Matz will walk us through debugging Drupal’s Twig template files with XDebug and PHPStorm in a DDEV localhost setup. Bring your own theme development tips, tools, or favorite modules to share.
Online Event https://acquia.zoom.us/j/95284506572
Read moreHiring another Drupal Developer to help build solutions for education
Demand for our services is growing and we need additional expertise to help with a variety of long-term, large-scale projects. We’re hiring a Drupal software engineer with a passion for technology in education. Read about the opportunity here, or apply online today. Thanks!
Read moreFree OPEN Passes to DeveloperWeek 2022 (Feb 7-9)
Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/developerweek-2022-registration-16453297555...
Join 8,000+ developers, engineers, architects, managers, and executives to discover & learn the latest in developer technologies, languages, platforms, tools, and technical management.
DeveloperWeek 2022, the world's largest developer & engineering conference & expo, is coming up Feb 7-9 (ALL-VIRTUAL).
Read moreBecome a Drupal 9 (and 8) Developer with Debug Academy! - Begins this January
This course teaches Drupal 9 (and 8) development with a focus on front end development.
Whether you're unfamiliar with Drupal, a Drupal site builder, or self-taught with Drupal 7, you're in for a treat. Debug Academy's comprehensive Drupal course teaches Drupal best practices for developers of any level.
https://debugacademy.com/course/drupal-8-9-web-development
Here's what a recent graduate emailed me, word-for-word:
"I’m happy to announce that I received a job offer for a mid Drupal developer role. I am so glad that I took the course. I get to work from home and earn a good living. It is everything I hoped for and more! Thank you once again.
Take care,
Please feel free to use this as a testimony. ????"
Read moreAny Freelancers out there available to help with a D8 to D9 upgrade?
Edit the edit and scratch the scratch. I have to do the upgrade after all and will indeed need help. So sorry to spam the list.
Edit: Scratch that... for the moment. I've been asked to tread water for a while because of some big changes coming down the line that are above my pay grade. Apologies.
Any Freelancers out there available to help with a D8 to D9 upgrade?
Read moreDrupal Meetup - Drupal Pod
On the second Wednesday of every month join the Portland Drupal User Group meetup - Oct 13 we'll be playing around with DrupalPod.
These meetups are for ALL levels of Drupal users, from those of us who have only briefly heard of it but are interested in learning more to those of us who know a lot of but are always looking to learn more! Come get involved!
( pasword 701330)
Read moreLearn PHP, Symfony, JS, & Module development this month
Join Debug Academy, Acquia Training Partners, this month for our hands-on, interactive classes. Live and online, no unnecessary jargon, no time wasted.
This is the best way to quickly ramp up on topics like PHP, JavaScript, and module development. Why struggle? We've done the hard work by simplifying the material for you.
https://debugacademy.com/courses
Read moreSeptember 8 DUG info
We're returning from our summer break and will be meeting online. No formal presentations are planned, but if you have something you want to share, there should be time for it.
https://acquia.zoom.us/j/95284506572
Passcode: 701330
Read moreWho’s Hiring in Portland? (Q3, 2021)
Who's hiring in Portland?
This post picks up from Portland Drupal's last "Who's hiring?" post in April, 2021, and is now being presented quarterly instead of monthly.
There is also a pay-to-play Drupal job board for employers, and as of this writing there have been 0 new jobs posted in Oregon for over a year.
Read moreMeetups paused for Summer 2021
We are taking a summer break from meetups and will resume in September. Toward the end of the summer, we'll open up the discussion on whether we want to meet in person and where.
Join us in the Drupal Slack #drupal-pdx channel for chat, help, and connecting with other Portland-area Drupalers.
Read moreMay 12 PDX evening DUG
Join us Wednesday, May 12 · 6:30 – 7:30pm :)
We talked to Sam Mortenson /samuelmortenson about his project that integrates the SAST tool Psalm (used for checking Symphony) and educates Psalm about Drupal.
The project is available here https://github.com/mortenson/psalm-plugin-drupal
More information is available at the following blog posts
https://mortenson.coffee/blog/drupal-security-testing-everyone/
Also check out the tips on https://www.drupal.org/docs/security-in-drupal/writing-secure-code-for-d...
Other tools that allow you to check for security issues
Read morePDX Drupal Lunch (April 27, 2021)
On the fourth Tuesday of each month, join us for a lunch-hour informal meetup. Get together with other Drupalers to discuss problems, questions, and ideas or with fellow Drupalers. This event is currently online-only.
Tuesday, April 27 · 12:00 – 2:00pm
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/hfj-wxro-cbo
Or dial: (US) +1 402-789-6881 PIN: 830 423 268#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/hfj-wxro-cbo?pin=2024116557163






