The Government Drupal Developers Network (GDDN) is open. It is an independent, volunteer-run network for people who build public services with Drupal, in local councils, central government, the NHS and the rest of the public sector.
The reason for it is simple. Too many teams solve the same Drupal problems alone, in parallel, a few miles apart. GDDN is a place to ask the people who have already solved them.
A message from the Founder & Chair
“I founded GDDN to bring together the people working with Drupal across the public sector, so we can share knowledge, learn from one another and avoid solving the same problems in isolation.
I hope GDDN becomes a practical, open and trusted community where everyone from developers and content designers to accessibility specialists and delivery teams can contribute and benefit.
Welcome to GDDN.”
Harsh Bhaveshkumar Trivedi
Founder & Chair, Government Drupal Developers Network
Who it is for
Anyone who works on Drupal in the public sector. Some members write code and many do not: content designers, user researchers, delivery managers and accessibility specialists are as much a part of it as developers.
GDDN is not a government body, a supplier framework or a vendor’s user group. It is private, so that members can be honest about what went wrong as well as what worked, and it has a short code of conduct that includes a rule against selling.
What is on the community platform
The network lives on the community platform. It has:
- discussions, organised by topic;
- working groups, which any member can propose;
- a shared project pipeline, for the things many public sector sites need;
- a module radar, where members record which contributed modules they would adopt, trial, assess or hold;
- mentoring;
- a resource library, a showcase of members’ work and a jobs board.
The network is new, so these will fill up as members join and start using them. What we do explains each one.
How to join
Membership is free. Apply on the community platform with your public-sector work email address. A person reads every application, to keep the network for people doing public sector work.
How to help run it
GDDN was founded by Harsh Trivedi, who chairs the network, and a core committee of volunteers is being formed. We are looking for people to help with events, writing, moderation, design and accessibility, and development. You do not have to be a developer. If you have a few hours to give, apply to volunteer.
What this news section is for
We will use it to summarise Drupal news that matters to public sector teams, with links to the original sources so you can check them. We have started with the keynote at DrupalCon Rotterdam, the Drupal 12 beta and the end of Drupal 10, and this quarter’s LocalGov Drupal releases.
If you spot something we should cover, or something we have got wrong, tell us.
