Backstage Fundamentals for Developers

Modern software development thrives on streamlined workflows and excellent developer experience. Backstage emerges as a powerful, open-source platform designed to unify your infrastructure tools, services, and documentation into a cohesive developer portal. This course provides a clear, text-based path to mastering the foundational aspects of Backstage. By the end of this course, you will be equipped to set up, configure, and customize your own Backstage instance, significantly improving your team's productivity and service discoverability. What you'll learn: * Understand the fundamental architecture and core concepts of Backstage * Set up and configure a new Backstage instance, including essential plugins * Manage a comprehensive service catalog to improve service discoverability * Develop and integrate custom plugins to extend Backstage functionality * Implement basic authentication and authorization for secure access * Explore modern deployment considerations for Backstage in various environments This course begins with a thorough introduction to Backstage's philosophy and its core building blocks. You'll then progress to practical setup, service catalog management, and learn how to extend Backstage with custom features and consider deployment options. This course is designed for beginner developers, DevOps engineers, and team leads who want to improve their organization's developer experience. No prior experience with Backstage is required. Start building a better developer experience for your team today.