OSTips – Alternatives to Acquia’s DevDesktop For Local Drupal Development
Video Transcript: “If you’ve installed or updated Acquia’s DevDesktop lately, you’ve seen this message: And so you know that DevDesktop is approaching end of life. …
Author: Rod Martin
Rod holds two masters degrees and has been training people how to do "things" for over 25 years. Originally from Australia, he grew up in Canada and now resides just outside Cincinnati, Ohio. He has worked in both the non-profit and for-profit worlds, in small companies and large corporations.
His extensive open source experience includes WordPress, Joomla and Drupal and he really knows how to help you get the most out of the system you chose.
Rod plays ice hockey a couple of times a week and rides his Goldwing motorcycle pretty much everywhere he can.
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