Portland (Oregon)

We encourage users to post events happening in the community to the community events group on https://www.drupal.org.

Welcome to the Portland, Oregon Drupal Users Group. We have two official meetups every month.

1. Meetings take place online every 2nd Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm-8pm US/Pacific.
2. PDX Drupal Lunch Meetup takes place online the 4th Tuesday of the month from 1:00-2:00 pm US/Pacific.

Starting March 24, 2020, meetups (both Brewpal and DUG) will be held online.

Meetup streams are archived here: Portland Drupal User Group Playlist

Join this group to receive updates.

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.
LinkedIn: Portland Drupal
Twitter: @drupalpdx

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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:
Portland Drupal meetup at the Rambler during DrupalCon 2022

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.

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Debugging Twig templates with XDebug and PHP Storm

Start: 
2022-02-09 18:30 - 20:00 America/Los_Angeles
Event type: 
User group meeting

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

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Hiring 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!

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Free 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).

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Become a Drupal 9 (and 8) Developer with Debug Academy! - Begins this January

Start: 
2022-01-23 10:00 - 2022-01-26 19:15 America/New_York
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Event type: 
Training (free or commercial)

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. ????"

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Any 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?

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Drupal Meetup - Drupal Pod

Start: 
2021-10-13 06:30 - 07:30 America/Los_Angeles
Organizers: 
Event type: 
User group meeting

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)

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Learn PHP, Symfony, JS, & Module development this month

Start: 
2021-10-15 14:00 - 2021-10-29 16:00 America/New_York
Organizers: 
Event type: 
Training (free or commercial)

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

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September 8 DUG info

Start: 
2021-09-08 18:30 - 20:00 America/Los_Angeles
Event type: 
User group meeting

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

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Who’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.

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Amber Himes Matz's picture

Meetups 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.

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May 12 PDX evening DUG

Start: 
2021-05-12 18:30 - 20:00 America/Vancouver
Organizers: 
Event type: 
User group meeting

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

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PDX Drupal Lunch (April 27, 2021)

Start: 
2021-04-27 12:00 - 14:00 America/Vancouver
Organizers: 
Event type: 
User group meeting

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

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Amber Himes Matz's picture

No April 14 DUG (It's DrupalCon week!)

We won't be meeting tonight, April 14, since it's DrupalCon week.

The next meetup will be Drupal Lunch on Tuesday, April 27, at 1pm.

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Who’s Hiring in Portland? (Q2, 2021)

Who's hiring in Portland?

This post picks up from Portland Drupal's last "Who's hiring?" post in March, 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 in nearly 10 months.

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Drupal Developer AMA: What's it like to work at Phase2?

Start: 
2021-03-30 13:30 America/Los_Angeles
Event type: 
Related event (ie. not Drupal specific)

Are you a Drupal developer interesting in learning more about what it's like to work at Phase2? Join Phase2's Tobby Hagler, Dan Muzyka, Jake Strawn and more for this casual networking event.

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PDX Drupal Lunch (March 23, 2021)

Start: 
2021-03-23 13:00 - 14:00 America/Los_Angeles
Organizers: 
Event type: 
User group meeting

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.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89861336471?pwd=RjFBaEIrVlVOc1JlU2dhN1N1R3RQUT09

Meeting ID: 898 6133 6471
Passcode: 675691
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March 10 Evening DUG - Easy Out of the Box Initiative Update

Start: 
2021-03-10 18:30 - 20:00 America/Los_Angeles
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Event type: 
User group meeting

Join us online for our next Drupal User Group meeting, Wednesday, March 10, at 6:30pm US/Pacific Standard Time.

Emilie Nouveau (dyannenova) will give us an update on the Drupal Community's "Easy Out of the Box Initiative" and what needs to be done to get Layout Builder, Media, and Claro into the Standard installation profile. A great opportunity to learn how to get involved with Drupal core development!

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Who’s Hiring in Portland? (March, 2021)

Who's hiring in Portland?

This post picks up from Portland Drupal's last "Who's hiring?" post in February, 2021. 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 in nearly 9 months.

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February Drupal Lunch

Start: 
2021-02-23 13:00 - 14:00 America/Los_Angeles
Organizers: 
Event type: 
User group meeting

PDX Drupal Lunch is on for Jan 26 at 1pm. Hosted by Ryan Price (liberatr). Join us for a casual Drupal chat. Bring any questions or show-and-tell projects you'd like. If you have a specific idea in mind for this informal meetup (like a code sprint, for example), join us in the Drupal Slack #drupal-pdx channel and let's chat about it!

Ryan Price is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Drupal Lunch
Time: Feb 23, 2021 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting

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