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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: "DDEV August 2025 Newsletter" |
| 3 | +pubDate: 2025-08-12 |
| 4 | +#modifiedDate: 2025-04-07 |
| 5 | +summary: "Highlights: DDEV v1.24.7 release, Contributor Training starts up again, Security priorities (ddev-hostname), New Windows installer, New VS Code extension release, Drupal Camp Colorado, Laracon US, Passbolt environment setup, Tailscale troubleshooting, Magento 2 quickstart, Stripe donation form, DrupalCon attendance, Local AI with Ollama, and informal Board nominations." |
| 6 | +author: Randy Fay |
| 7 | +featureImage: |
| 8 | + src: /img/blog/2025/08/laracon-photo.jpg |
| 9 | + alt: Nuno Maduro at Laracon US 2025 |
| 10 | + caption: "Nuno Maduro at Laracon US 2025" |
| 11 | +categories: |
| 12 | + - Community |
| 13 | +--- |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +🚀 Dive into August 2025 with DDEV! 🌟 |
| 16 | +This month: v1.24.7 release, Contributor Training starts up again, ddev-hostname security, new Windows installer, VS Code extension, DrupalCamp Colorado, Laracon US highlights, Passbolt environment, Tailscale troubleshooting, Magento 2 setup, DrupalCon Vienna, Ollama AI, and Board nominations. |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +--- |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +## What’s New |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +- **DDEV v1.24.7 Released** — Includes Windows Installer and MariaDB 11.8 update → [Release notes↗](https://github.com/ddev/ddev/releases/tag/v1.24.7) |
| 23 | +- **New Windows Installer Available** — Install DDEV on WSL2 or traditional Windows with the new installer → [Read more↗](https://ddev.com/blog/watch-new-windows-installer) |
| 24 | +- **DDEV From Scratch with Windows WSL2** — Step-by-step video guide to get started with DDEV on Windows WSL2 → [Watch guide↗](https://ddev.com/blog/watch-ddev-local-from-scratch-with-windows-wsl2) |
| 25 | +- **Security Priorities: Strengthening `ddev-hostname`** — Recent improvements securing host-file updates and future plans → [Read more↗](https://ddev.com/blog/ddev-hostname-security-improvements) |
| 26 | +- **DDEV VS Code Extension v3.0 Released** — New container commands, auto config reload, improved IDE integration, and remote-host support → [Get it on Marketplace↗](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=biati.ddev-manager) |
| 27 | + Learn about “Expose Commands From Container” → [Read more↗](https://github.com/ddev/vscode-ddev-manager/wiki/Expose-from-Container) |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +## Community Tutorials |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +- **My Go-To Setup for Local Drupal Development with DDEV and Colima** |
| 32 | + John Picozzi’s Colima + DDEV workflow for Drupal projects. → [Read more↗](https://picozzi.com/notebook/2025/jul/my-go-setup-local-drupal-development-ddev-and-colima) |
| 33 | +- **Passbolt: Your Local Development Environment in Minutes** |
| 34 | + Quick-start guide to run Passbolt in DDEV. → [Read more↗](https://www.passbolt.com/blog/set-up-your-local-passbolt-development-environment-in-minutes-with-ddev) |
| 35 | +- **When Tailscale Nearly Broke My Dev Environment** |
| 36 | + Joseph Thampi’s story and tips for using Tailscale with DDEV. → [Read more↗](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/day-my-development-environment-nearly-broke-me-how-i-thampi-joseph-ildhc/) |
| 37 | +- **DDEV + Magento 2: Quickstart Setup** |
| 38 | + Automate Magento 2 installs with DDEV. → [View on GitHub↗](https://github.com/jellesiderius/ddev-magento2-setup) |
| 39 | +- **Creating a Simple Donation Form in Drupal with Stripe & Webforms** |
| 40 | + Setup payments in minutes with DDEV and Webform. → [Read more↗](https://picozzi.com/notebook/2025/jul/creating-simple-donation-form-drupal-stripe-and-webforms) |
| 41 | +- **Free Local AI with Ollama & DDEV** |
| 42 | + How to Set Up Ollama as a Free, Local AI Provider for Your local Drupal Development. → [Read more↗](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-set-up-ollama-free-local-ai-provider-your-drupal-rakesh-james-gedje/) |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +## DDEV Training Starting Up Again! |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +We're going to do training again this season, all are invited. Some sessions are more focused on contributors and maintainers, and others at all users. First up this month will be a session on using Claude Code to implement a DDEV feature or fix a bug. This will be using DDEV as an example, but probably anybody who works with code anywhere will profit from the approach. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +See the full schedule below. |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +### Upcoming DDEV Live Contributor and User Training Sessions |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +- **August 21, 2025 at 10:00 US ET / 16:00 CEST — Using Claude Code AI in DDEV Development** |
| 53 | + [Add to Google Calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/render?action=TEMPLATE&text=Using%20Claude%20Code%20AI%20in%20DDEV%20Development&dates=20250821T140000Z/20250821T150000Z&details=Join%20the%20DDEV%20training%20session%20via%20Zoom.%0ALink%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F7315692237%3Fpwd%3DRHR6NUkwb0g5WXIzS2NOcXRucCthZz09%0AMeeting%20ID%3A%20731%20569%202237%0APasscode%3A%2012345&location=Online&trp=true) • |
| 54 | + [Download .ics](/files/ics/ddev-2025-08-21.ics) |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +- **September 18, 2025 at 10:00 US ET / 16:00 CEST — Hostname Resolution and Debugging for DDEV Users** |
| 57 | + [Add to Google Calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/render?action=TEMPLATE&text=Hostname%20resolution%20and%20debugging%20for%20DDEV%20users&dates=20250918T140000Z/20250918T150000Z&details=Join%20the%20DDEV%20training%20session%20via%20Zoom.%0ALink%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F7315692237%3Fpwd%3DRHR6NUkwb0g5WXIzS2NOcXRucCthZz09%0AMeeting%20ID%3A%20731%20569%202237%0APasscode%3A%2012345&location=Online&trp=true) • |
| 58 | + [Download .ics](/files/ics/ddev-2025-09-18.ics) |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +- **October 9, 2025 at 10:00 US ET / 16:00 CEST — How and Why to Contribute a Blog to ddev.com** |
| 61 | + [Add to Google Calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/render?action=TEMPLATE&text=How%20and%20Why%20to%20contribute%20a%20blog%20to%20ddev.com&dates=20251009T140000Z/20251009T150000Z&details=Join%20the%20DDEV%20training%20session%20via%20Zoom.%0ALink%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F7315692237%3Fpwd%3DRHR6NUkwb0g5WXIzS2NOcXRucCthZz09%0AMeeting%20ID%3A%20731%20569%202237%0APasscode%3A%2012345&location=Online&trp=true) • |
| 62 | + [Download .ics](/files/ics/ddev-2025-10-09.ics) |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +- **November 20, 2025 at 10:00 US ET / 16:00 CET — Using DDEV in Windows WSL** |
| 65 | + [Add to Google Calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/render?action=TEMPLATE&text=Using%20DDEV%20in%20Windows%20WSL&dates=20251120T150000Z/20251120T160000Z&details=Join%20the%20DDEV%20training%20session%20via%20Zoom.%0ALink%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F7315692237%3Fpwd%3DRHR6NUkwb0g5WXIzS2NOcXRucCthZz09%0AMeeting%20ID%3A%20731%20569%202237%0APasscode%3A%2012345&location=Online&trp=true) • |
| 66 | + [Download .ics](/files/ics/ddev-2025-11-20.ics) |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +Zoom Join Info: |
| 69 | +Link: [Join Zoom Meeting](https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7315692237?pwd=RHR6NUkwb0g5WXIzS2NOcXRucCthZz09) |
| 70 | +Passcode: 12345 |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +## Events & Community |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +- **DrupalCamp Colorado** |
| 75 | + I got to see old friends, met new people, and attended great sessions that refreshed my Drupal knowledge at DrupalCamp Colorado. |
| 76 | +- **Laracon US 2025: Younger, Bigger, Friendlier** |
| 77 | + Since Laracon was right after DrupalCamp Colorado and in Denver I went to learn from the vibrant Laravel community. It was a big, highly produced event with lots of friendly people and immense emphasis on community. Folks seemed younger on average than in the Drupal world. I didn't learn a lot about Laravel, but there were great general sessions that inspired me to start using Git worktrees and some new AI techniques. |
| 78 | +- **See Us at DrupalCon EU in Vienna** |
| 79 | + Randy will be at [DrupalCon EU in Vienna](https://events.drupal.org/vienna2025) thanks to sponsorship from [Tag1](https://www.tag1consulting.com/) and [Platform.sh/Upsun](https://upsun.com). Please say hi. Let's talk about anything you might want to talk about. I normally do a bunch of Birds-of-a-Feather sessions. |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | +## Governance & Roadmap |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | +- **Informal Nominations for the DDEV Foundation Board** |
| 84 | + At the upcoming [DDEV Advisory Group](https://github.com/orgs/ddev/discussions/categories/ddev-advisory-group) meetings (in September and November) we'll be implementing an actual Board of Directors for the DDEV Foundation. Would you like to nominate someone (or yourself)? Ping us via any of our [contact methods](/contact/). |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +--- |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +## Sponsorship Status |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | +- **Monthly average income** up from $7,759 to $7,878 (66% of $12,000 goal). Every contribution helps sustain our work—thank you! → [Become a sponsor↗](https://github.com/sponsors/ddev) |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | +## Stay in the Loop—Follow Us and Join the Conversation |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | +- [Blog↗](https://ddev.com/blog/) |
| 95 | +- [LinkedIn↗](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ddev-foundation) |
| 96 | +- [Mastodon↗](https://fosstodon.org/@ddev) |
| 97 | +- [Bluesky↗](https://bsky.app/profile/ddev.bsky.social) |
| 98 | +- [Discord↗](/s/discord) |
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