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Working as a Drupal contractor can be rewarding and fulfilling, but it also comes with its own set of challenges. In this article, we'll explore 6 tips for boosting productivity and success as an independent contractor. From setting clear goals and priorities to staying organized and keeping your skills up-to-date, these tips can help you be more efficient and effective in your work. We'll also discuss the importance of networking and building relationships, as well as how to negotiate fair and reasonable rates for your services. By following these tips, you can set yourself up for success and enjoy a fulfilling career as an independent Drupal contractor.

The question we want to answer in this blog post is whether Drupal is still the leading CMS platform in 2022 and beyond. If you have been thinking of trying out Drupal, this article will help you decide whether it is still worth it in 2022. Let’s jump right in!

I have been attending Drupal Dev Days for the fifth time and I have to say that this year’s event was as great as the other ones. The tech talks were really interesting and I learned a lot about new trends in the industry. In this article my highlights.

If you want to learn on-the-job, an agency is a perfect choice.
Variety, flexibility and the ability to adapt quickly should suit you.
I would like to take you through the benefits of working for a digital agency.

Today I was developing some code that combined information from 2 different arrays. The first array was a list of data-objects. Each data-object has a 'type' parameter. The second array was a list of 'types' and it function is to specify the order (sorting) and which data-object must be rendered. Initially I solved this with 2 nested foreach loops, which hurts the eyes and can be a performance killer when working with big data-structures. So in a code-review my collegue asked me to rewrite this.

When working on a project I want my local environment very similar to production systems. This means that I prefer to download these databases regularly. But sometimes they are sooo huge and filled with stuff like sessions, caching I don't need. Now I must tackle this.

In this article we teach you how to setup GitLab CI for Drupal 8 websites.
One of its most amazing features is GitLab CI (GitLab Continues Integration). It is a task runner that can be compared with Jenkins and Rundeck.
We use a simple approach that applies any committed changes to your Drupal 8 website automatically.

Did you know that when developing a module(s) locally you can now easily do this in separate git repositories?
This is very useful because it gives the opportunity to both use a separate Git for your custom module and an IDE like PHPstorm+Xdebug for the Drupal integration at the same time.

In this article we try to document how you can set-up your local development machine, to Xdebug inside tests. Including functional javascript!
The setup is documented here in this article and also in the Drupal docs here.
The quest started on the Dev Days Milano in 2016. With Drupal 8 the community tries to leverage automatic-tests where-ever possible.

We are working on porting Feeds to Drupal 8 today at the Global Sprints weekend in Amsterdam. We would like to know from you how you use these and similar import/export modules and what functionality you like but still miss in Drupal 8.