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title: "Developer Studio @ Drupalcon Amsterdam"
date: "2019-10-29T14:53:26+00:00"
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Setting up a Drupal environment has been traditionally quite a pain in the servers, if you allow me the expression. That's why tools like **Acquia Dev Desktop** became so popular.

If you have worked with Drupal in the past ten years you have probably worked with (or have a colleague that worked with) Dev Desktop. See this poll I published a few days ago:

> Calling my [#drupal](https://twitter.com/hashtag/drupal?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) fellows. I'm doing a quick [#tweenvestigation](https://twitter.com/hashtag/tweenvestigation?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). Who knows about [@acquia](https://twitter.com/acquia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#devdesktop](https://twitter.com/hashtag/devdesktop?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)?[#Developers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Developers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#Developers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Developers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#Developers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Developers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
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> Alex Moreno (@morenodotnet) [October 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/morenodotnet/status/1185280256321740800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Fortunately developer tools have come a long way since those days, and now we have amazing tools like Vagrant, Docker, Kubernetes and wrappers around those that make technology even easier to use, like **DDEV, Lando, and Docksal**.

On top of that, Acquia Dev Desktop is enjoying a re-birth, in the shape of the new **Acquia Developer Studio**. It won't be a replacement or a competitor for the previously mentioned Docker based tools, but instead it's a **perfect companion**, the right supplement for anyone working in Drupal and looking to **simplify and enjoy a more efficient workflow**.

You would add **Acquia Developer Studio** on top of a Docker tool like Lando for the same reason you would add Lando or DDEV to Docker. It automates and simplifies everything. **It just makes sense**.

To learn more about **Acquia Developer Studio** visit me at Drupalcon Amsterdam, where I'm doing a few Lightning Talks about **Acquia Developer Studio, BLT and Lighting**, and join us on the last day for a **Battle of the local tools** where the teams in DDEV (**Randy Fay**), Lando (**Mark Casias**), Docksal (**Engin Yilmaz**), Launchpad (**Mattias Michaux**), Lagoon (**Michael Schmid**) and myself representing **Acquia** will be in a round table debating about all of this, and also answering your questions.

Please do join us :-)