Come play with your local Drupal user group and take part in the battle of the groups, as DUGs* from China to Egypt to Vancouver fight to the finish for fame and honor. Help organize a local meeting to test the latest development branch of Drupal, review patches, and get those last pesky quirks fixed. Leave your mark by writing "This bug squashed by the East Kankakee Drupal marauders... RTBC!" in the issues you review and the bugs you fix. You know your group is the BEST, now go prove it! And have fun. =)

About bug hunts and issue reviews

Anyone with any level of Drupal experience can help hunt bugs and make usability suggestions. You'll want to start by getting the latest development branch of Drupal-5. This version of Drupal is guaranteed to be no more than four hours old, with all of the newest changes and improvments, so always start your hunting by getting a fresh copy.

Then, turn your attention to the issue queue:

• patches to review
• critical issues
• pending bugs

Find an issue you'd like to work on, and help out by confirming reported problems, trying out the suggested fixes, and for the adventurous, rolling your own solutions. Usability issues are fair game, too. To suggest a usability improvement, open a new issue with your suggestion.

Here are some resources for happy hunting:

• Coding standards
• Benchmarking
• Security audits
• A test environment
• Submitting patches

* DUG = Drupal User Group
* RTBC = Ready to be committed