Acknowledging the Drupal Association's Supporting Partners - Q2

There are so many amazing companies in the Drupal universe contributing their time and resources to the community and project right now. They’re taking the initiative to encourage their employees to contribute code. They’re sharing what they've learned while trying to provide clients with superior digital experiences. They’re donating their time to provide educational content to the community. And they’re doing a lot of it through their own internal operations.

Some of these businesses are also members of our Supporter Programs, which fund Drupal.org’s maintenance and improvements. And for that, we can’t thank them enough.

"Supporting Partners help us make Drupal.org a better home for our community. Their financial support is directly responsible for DrupalCI, the Issue Credits system, and all the other initiatives we've undertaken as a team. Take the Drupal 8 landing page as one example. Funding from Supporting Partners let us promote the release of Drupal 8 with a level of professionalism and finesse that no Drupal release has had before. Work like that builds a stronger ecosystem for our Supporters and for the wider community." - Tim Lehnen (hestenet), Drupal Association Project Manager

In this quarter alone, with financial support from the Supporting Partners, the Drupal.org tech team has been able to:

Launch the Alpha of their Composer façade
Update the Git Twisted daemon, which serves as the backend for the Drupal.org Git repositories and packaging process
Launch a new staging environment that more closely matches the production environment, optimizing the development workflow
Improve performance of the DrupalCon Events website
Deploy CKEditor to Drupal.org's Section, Page, and Post content types, which brings a more impressive editorial experience to Drupal.org
Bring PhantomJS testing to DrupalCI, so the Drupal project can now test at the JavaScript level

All of this happened while ensuring DrupalCI ran smoothly for DrupalCon New Orleans sprints, successfully launching registration for DrupalCon Dublin (get your tickets now!), and launching the DrupalCon Baltimore splash page. Needless to say, the Drupal.org team has been busy, and it wouldn’t have been possible without our Supporting Partners financial contributions.

Check out our recent Drupal.org update for more details on exactly what the team was able to accomplish this past quarter. And to see where the team is headed next, take a look at the Drupal.org team's working roadmap.

As a testament to the relentless support these companies continue to show, here’s a list of new or renewing partners just this quarter:

If you want to give back to the Project and help fund this important work, please contact our Executive Director, Megan Sanicki, for details. Your participation will be much appreciated and your company will also be able to enjoy great benefits in return!

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Acknowledging the Drupal Association's Supporting Partners - Q2