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Developer platform components

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Developer platform components

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- [Instructor] No two developer platforms will be exactly alike. However, they do have common components. In this video, I'll go into deeper detail on developer portals, application configuration, platform orchestrators, and command line tools. Developer portals are typically web applications with a user interface. Many of the features of developer platforms are exposed by a portal, golden templates, software catalogs, and automations. One of the best known open source developer portals is a product called Backstage, originally developed at Spotify. Keep in mind that Backstage and other open source portals are not complete portals, they're portal development kits. They require a fair amount of customization to be useful. This is why I recommend holding off on portal development until after you have some success in providing more essential features. Don't get me wrong though, I don't want to put you off portals. They're very powerful tools as we saw in the demo video. I recommend…

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