DDEV November 2025 Newsletter
💕 A Love Letter to DDEV!
As the year winds down, it’s time to get serious about 2026 planning 📋. We’ll have a meeting in the next few weeks talking about priorities for the new year. See some WIP proposals and contact us any time with your opinions↗ or to get an invitation to the meeting.
What’s New
- Claude Code AI-assisted PRs for DDEV Training → Learn how to use Claude Code to create pull requests for DDEV Read more↗
Community Highlights
- A Love Letter to DDEV: Ryan Stubbs shares his appreciation for DDEV and its impact on development workflows Read more↗
- Claude Code Plugins for Drupal/DDEV: Community member Luděk Kvapil has created custom Claude Code commands and plugins for DDEV and Drupal development workflows View on GitHub↗
- Profiling Your Drupal App with New Relic and DDEV: Practical guide session from DrupalCon Vienna 2025 Session details↗ • Watch on YouTube↗
Community Video Tutorials
- Drupal CMS und Core für Projektentwicklung unter Windows 11 von Null installieren (German): Complete guide to installing Drupal CMS and Drupal Core for project development on Windows 11 from scratch Watch on YouTube↗
- Drupal 11 für Entwickler:innen und Sitebuilder:innen (German): Udemy course for Drupal 11 developers and site builders Enroll with coupon↗
DDEV Training Continues
Join us for upcoming training sessions for contributors and users.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:00 US ET / 16:00 CET — Using DDEV on Windows with WSL2 Add to Google Calendar • Download .ics
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January 22, 2026 at 10:00 US ET / 16:00 CET — Mutagen, syncing, problems, upload_dirs for direct bind mounts Add to Google Calendar • Download .ics
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February 26, 2026 at 10:00 US ET / 16:00 CET — Git bisect for fun and profit Add to Google Calendar • Download .ics
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March 26, 2026 at 10:00 US ET / 15:00 CET — Using
git worktreewith DDEV projects and with DDEV itself Add to Google Calendar • Download .ics -
April 23, 2026 at 10:00 US ET / 16:00 CEST — Creating, maintaining and testing add-ons 2026-updated version of our popular add‑on training. Previous session recording↗ Add to Google Calendar • Download .ics
Zoom Join Info: Link: Join Zoom Meeting Passcode: 12345
Events & Community
- DrupalCon EU in Vienna — Randy hosted multiple Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions at DrupalCon EU in Vienna↗ thanks to sponsorship from Tag1↗ and Upsun↗. Sessions included DDEV Office Hours, Contributing to DDEV using Claude Code↗, Using DDEV on Windows↗, DDEV new features, and Git Bisect for Fun and Profit. Watch the Git Bisect: Divide and Conquer troubleshooting presentation↗ from Florida DrupalCamp.
- DDEV workshops at TYPO3Camp RheinRuhr 2025 — Randy presented DDEV training at TYPO3Camp RheinRuhr in Germany (Nov 7–9). View training materials↗
Governance: We have a Board!
The DDEV Foundation now has a formal board. Join us for our annual extended advisory group and board meeting (public; all are welcome): Watch for a blog post about the new board members! (Or sneak peak by reading the meeting notes.)
- January 14, 2026 at 8:00 AM US Mountain Time / 4:00 PM CET — DDEV Extended Advisory Group and Board Meeting Annual 2-hour review of 2025 and plans for 2026 Discussion details↗ • Add to Google Calendar • Download .ics
Sponsorship Update
As of today, the monthly sponsorship commitment is up to 70% of our goal, at $8,376. Thank you! That’s up from 69% and $8,231 last month. → Become a sponsor↗
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