Welcome to the Drupal Center of Excellence
A better way to find and hire Drupal experts
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Why we exist
The Drupal Center of Excellence is a community of practice. We focus on establishing best practices, sharing knowledge, and helping Drupal professionals advance in their careers. We created this Center of Excellence for a few driving reasons:
After inheriting many Drupal websites built by previous developers, we observed many bad practices resulting in problems, unreliability, and extra work.
After interviewing many Drupal developers who claimed to be experts, we realized that we needed a better way to assess a developer’s true skills, abilities, and approach to work.
After asking several prospective developers to take the Acquia certifications, many failed because they didn't know how to prepare for the exam.
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Drupal Center of Excellence Playbook
TOP 5 BEST PRACTICES
We asked 100 Drupal Experts what advice they would give to an up-and-coming Drupal developer. This is what they said.
Get involved in the Drupal community. Join Drupal.org and the Slack channel. Ask for help. (Thanks for the advice Entjik Jeffrie, Daniel Cothran, Nate Andersen, and David Loor).
Don't reinvent the wheel. Search for contrib modules that serve your purpose. A solution to your problem probably already exists. (Thanks Tim Cullen, Anoop John)
Never stop learning. Share your knowledge. Find a mentor and be a mentor. (Thanks John Kurrie)
Plan your content strategy before getting started. Steven Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People talks about, "Begin with the end in mind."
Keep performance and security in mind, especially when building modules.
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Tips for Passing the Acquia Certification Exams
We interviewed 7 Acquia Triple Certified Drupal Experts (formerly referred to as Drupal Grandmasters), one of whom (Gordon Makely) is a Triple Certified in Drupal 7, Drupal 8, Drupal 9, and Drupal 10 (a quadruple-triple certified Drupal expert) and asked how they would prepare for the Drupal 10 certification exams. Read the entire article by Triple Certified Drupal Experts on Crushing the Acquia Certifications.
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