Installing and first using Drupal can, at first, seem to be a daunting prospect, but there are resources to help you, and you can also evaluate and test Drupal without even needing to install it.

Drupal documentation is constantly evolving. You can learn about getting started at:

• The official Drupal 8 User Guide has a section on installation of the Drupal software.
• The Drupal 8 Evaluator Guide shows you how to get a demo Drupal website up and running quickly.

You can connect with other members of the Drupal community by:

• Posting questions on the Drupal section on Stack Exchange
• Watching videos on YouTube and other video repositories. See the collection of videos from past DrupalCon events, especially
• Asking questions in the Drupal Forums for installing and then using Drupal
• Instant messaging tools, such as Slack (sign up, then join channel(s) #support) and DrupalChat.me (sign up, then join channel(s) #drupal_support).
• Meeting people face to face at an event local to you. You can find Drupal events at drupical.com.

If you find a problem with the Drupal software or documentation, it will be a great benefit to the Drupal community if you report it, so it can be fixed or addressed. Each project on Drupal.org (Drupal core, modules, themes, and distributions) has its own public area for issue tracking, known as an issue queue, where anyone can report and collaborate on fixing issues. There is also a project called "Documentation", where issues with the documentation on Drupal.org are located. Security issues are handled in a separate, confidential issue queue, to ensure that they are fixed before vulnerabilities become public.

The following groups are actively engaged in this area:

• Maintainers of the Drupal core software
• Maintainers of individual contributed projects (modules, themes, and distributions)
• Documentation Working Group
• Drupal Security Team

Drupal documentation is constantly evolving. You can read about issue reporting and project maintenance processes at:

• Reporting a security problem
• Reporting a (non-security) problem. Note that you should not report issues by contacting the software maintainers via email, contact forms, or social media. Using the issue tracking system helps to ensure that a permanent, public record of the issue is kept, including the conversation about how best to address it.
• Use the issue queue -- this section goes into more detail about issues and issue queues
• Drupal core maintainers -- explains the roles and responsibilities of the Drupal core software maintainers
• Best practices for creating and maintaining projects -- explains the responsibilities of contributed project maintainers

You can connect with other members of the Drupal community, collaborating on issues, through:

• The issue queues (the issue queue for Drupal core is a good example)
• Instant messaging tools, such as Slack (sign up, then join channel(s) #support, #contribute, or #documentation) and DrupalChat.me (sign up, then join channel(s) #drupal-support).
• Meeting people face to face at an event local to you. You can find Drupal events at https://drupical.com

Members of the Drupal community are expected to treat each other with respect and abide by the Drupal Code of Conduct. Bullying or harassment of any form is not tolerated. If you experience or observe an incident of harassment in a Drupal community space that requires immediate intervention, report it to the designated moderators of that space.

The Drupal Code of Conduct is maintained by the Drupal Community Working Group (CWG). Incidents can be reported to the CWG via its Incident Report Form.

If you are experiencing a conflict with another community member, the Drupal community has an established conflict resolution process. The CWG is also available to provide assistance if needed.

Finding a local Drupal group that is active in your region, or starting up or reuniting an inactive group, is a way to connect with others using Drupal, contribute to the community, and grow, personally and professionally.

To find a local or regional group:

• Start by looking at the list of regional groups on groups.drupal.org (but note that the keyword search is not currently working on this page -- you may be better off using your favorite web search engine).
• Some regional Drupal groups and language communities use instant messaging tools, such as Slack (sign up and browse the channel list) and DrupalChat.me (sign up, then browse the channel list).
• Many Drupal language communities have their own web sites, forums, and chat channels, where you can connect with others who speak your language. Visit https://www.drupal.org/language-specific-communities to find these communities.
• You might want to attend an event in your area. You can find Drupal events at https://drupical.com. If you are new to Drupal, a Global Training Days event might be a good choice.
• Some local communities and regional events have their own websites, use meetup.com, or are active on other social media. Try a web search to find them.
• You can also find nearby community members in the Drupal Association Individual Member Directory. This list isn’t all encompassing; however, it is a group of members who actively support the work of the Drupal Association.
• There is also a list of organizations using Drupal, which you can filter by country.

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All of the code that makes the Drupal Project is freely contributed by people all around the World, just like you. Contributing to any large project requires collaboration between project members and the people and processes that make that a productive and enjoyable experience.

The following groups are actively engaged, helping new contributors to join the project:

• Drupal Core Mentoring
• Drupal Diversity & Inclusion Contribution Team
• Global Training Days

Drupal documentation is constantly evolving. You can learn about getting started with contribution at:

• Contribute to Development guide
• Contributor Tasks for understanding what tasks are available
• Community Initiatives for understanding what broader initiatives have been organized to improve various aspects of Drupal

As collaboration on contribution to Drupal code is such an integral part of the community, there are many ways to communicate with others doing the same and to learn from them. Some examples:

• Drupal Forums, such as Module Development
• Drupal Groups, such as Drupal Dojo that help guide new members and increase their skills.
• Instant messaging tools, such as Slack (sign up, then join channel(s) #contribute) and DrupalChat.me (sign up, then join channel(s) #general).
• Many meet-ups and Drupal events, like Drupal Camps and DrupalCons, have "Contribution Days" or "Sprints". You can find events planned near you by looking at http://drupical.com

All of the documentation that makes the Drupal Project is freely contributed by people all around the World, just like you. Contributing to any large project requires collaboration between project members and the people and processes that make that a productive and enjoyable experience.

The following groups are actively engaged, helping new contributors to join the project:

• Documentation Working Group

Drupal documentation is constantly evolving. You can learn about gettting started with contribution to the documentation at:

• The Drupal Getting Involved guide
• Contributor Tasks for understanding what tasks are available

As collaboration on contribution to Drupal is such an integral part of the community, there are many ways to communicate with others doing the same and to learn from them:

• Instant messaging tools, such as Slack (sign up, then join channel(s) #documentation ) and DrupalChat.me (sign up, then join channel(s) #general).
• Many meet-ups and Drupal events, like DrupalCamps and DrupalCons, have "Contribution Days" or "Sprints". You can find events planned near you by looking at http://drupical.com

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Drupal comes with a translation system that allows you to translate the user interface and its built-in help into another language, and to download translations. Each language has an active group that is continually improving and adding to the available user interface translations. Drupal documentation is also being translated: there are a few pieces of documentation, such as the User Guide, that have translations on drupal.org, and several language communities also translate Drupal documentation onto their Drupal language community's web site.

To find and join the groups that are translating:

• For user interface translations, visit https://localize.drupal.org/, where you can see progress of translations and join translation groups to contribute translations.
• For the User Guide, visit the project page at https://www.drupal.org/project/user_guide
• For translating other Drupal documentation, visit https://groups.drupal.org/translations
• Many Drupal language communities have their own web sites, forums, and chat channels, where you can connect with others who are involved in translation. Visit https://www.drupal.org/language-specific-communities to find these communities; some chat channels for languages and regions are also listed on https://www.drupal.org/drupalchat and https://www.drupal.org/slack.
• Drupal events, from Drupal Camps to DrupalCon, often include work days or "sprints" where you can work on translations. You can find Drupal events at drupical.com, or on your language community's web site.

Drupal documentation is constantly evolving. Current documentation about translation can be found at:

• How to translate Drupal Core and Modules: https://www.drupal.org/contributor-tasks/translate
• Translation Process Overview: https://www.drupal.org/node/11130
• For the User Guide translations, instructions for joining an existing translation group are at https://www.drupal.org/docs/user_guide_guidelines/practicalities.html#pr..., and for starting a new translation, you would use your language's forum on https://localize.drupal.org to form a group, and then visit https://www.drupal.org/docs/user_guide_guidelines/pm-guide.html#pm-guide... for instructions on how to initiate the translation.
• How to translate documentation: https://www.drupal.org/node/17229

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There has long been a strong market in roles for people working with Drupal. As one of the largest and longest living open source projects, Drupal can offer a career for the long term.

To ensure your best opportunities for a career in Drupal, you might want to consider using your Drupal profile to demonstrate your understanding of the project, through updating information about yourself and your experience. Also, if you contribute to the Drupal project, your profile will automatically list contribution credits for the work you get involved in.

Here are some places to look for jobs:

• Drupal Jobs
• Generic job-searching and professional networking sites can also be good resources for finding Drupal jobs. You can join Drupal groups on sites like LinkedIn, and search using Drupal keywords on job sites.

You can also connect with other members of the Drupal community, through:

• Instant messaging tools, such as Slack (sign up, then join channel(s) #jobs and #jobs-remote) and DrupalChat.me (sign up, then join channel(s) #jobs).
• Meeting prospective employers face to face at an event local to you. Indeed, looking for new employees is often one of the reasons sponsors are at an event. You can find Drupal events at https://drupical.com