At DrupalCon Barcelona 2024, one of the biggest gatherings of Drupal professionals and enthusiasts, Calibrate was present among other well-known companies. Known for our expertise in Drupal development and our strong commitment to the open source community, we try to make a significant impact at every event. Our contributions went far beyond participation. We offered concrete solutions, resolved key challenges and actively shaped the future of the Drupal platform. 

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Joris on a bike in Barcelona with the beach on a bacgkround
Booth area
Drupal AI
Frederik On Stage Drupalcon
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Calibrators in Barcelona

Open source and getting involved

Open source refers to the fact that Drupal, a widely-used content management system (CMS), is developed and maintained by a global community of contributors who freely share their code. Being open source means the Drupal software is free to download, use, modify, and distribute without any licensing fees. This model encourages collaboration and innovation, allowing developers, designers, and other community members to contribute improvements, new features, and bug fixes.

Getting involved with Drupal is relatively easy. Anyone, regardless of experience level, can participate by contributing code, submitting bug reports, offering design input or help with documentation. Because of its collaborative nature, Drupal is continually improving, with the community working together to make it more powerful, stable and user-friendly.

We, at Calibrate, strongly believe in this collaboration and have contributed many modules towards Drupal and co-maintain other modules that we think are very valuable.

Some known modules we've build or co-maintain:

Because of our commitment towards Drupal, you can see we obtained the Gold Drupal Certified Partnership. This demonstrates our industry expertise through verified case studies, innovations driving the core maintenance of the Drupal Project, Drupal Strategic Initiatives and Drupal Modules.

Joris Vercammen as speaker

Expertise in Drupal development

At Calibrate, we encourage people to speak at events and share the knowledge we gathered. At Drupalcon Barcelona 2024 we had speakers like Joris Vercammen with Configuration validation, how we got here and what is in the future and Fredrik Wouters as panel member in Drupal AI: Once again leading the way with the new golden era of the web - The AI Module and Starshot

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Calibrators contributing to Drupal

Leveraging expertise to solve problems

With years of experience in custom Drupal development, we took an active role in problem-solving throughout the event. During the collaborative code sprints, the team contributed to Drupal core and several community modules and touched and/or resolved around 28 issues. These efforts help improve the stability, performance, and usability of Drupal, ensuring that the platform continues to evolve and meet the demands of today's web development.

Some of the issues:

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Kanban board filled with Drupal issues

Contrib Kanban board

To optimize the flow of our contributions, we've implemented a Kanban board to track, prioritize, and manage the issues we tackled. This agile approach enables our team to focus on high-impact problems and collaborate efficiently with other developers. By visualizing our workflow, we maintained clear progress, addressed blockers quickly and ensured a smooth resolution process during the sprints.

We even inspired other companies to assist in helping us solve these problems and some even adopted the way Calibrate is organised for contributing at solving issues for Drupal and its community modules. 

Credits to Contrib Kanban for providing us such a nice tool.

Networking and building connections

DrupalCon is not only about technical sessions but also about building relationships within the community. Calibrate took full advantage of the networking opportunities at DrupalCon Barcelona 2024.  

Our team members were involved in informal meetups and roundtable discussions, exchanging ideas with peers and exploring how Drupal could continue to evolve as a leading open source content management system. These interactions were key to strengthening the community and paving the way for future partnerships and collaborations. 

You could also find us among the sponsors of the Belgium Night organized by the Belgian community Drupal.be. The Belgium night is very valuable to get to know each other and make connections that are conducive to a good collaboration. 

A beach bar in Barcelona
5 guys at a restaurant
Calibrators samen eten en drinken
2 guys doing karaoke
Travia night
Tom Hollevoet and Dries Buytaert
Drupalcon sponsor area
Calibrators samen eten en drinken
Joris Vercammen talking to a woman
Calibrators samen eten en drinken

Calibrators networking and building connections

Conclusion

Calibrate made a significant impact at DrupalCon Barcelona 2024 with a range of contributions. From presenting innovative technical sessions to join in collaborative code sprints, they embodied the open source values of Drupal. By sharing their knowledge on topics from Drupal core, AI, and sustainable development, they added great value to the event and highlighted their leadership within Belgium's Drupal community.

As Drupal continues to evolve, agencies like Calibrate are essential to its success. Their involvement at DrupalCon Barcelona 2024 demonstrated their commitment to advancing the platform, supporting the community, and shaping the future of digital experiences worldwide. See you at DrupalCon Vienna next year!