New updates to the Red Hat Developer Hub, an internal portal for developers focused on the enterprise market, based on the Backstage project, have just been released by Red Hat. The resources, delivered with the general availability of Red Hat Developer Hub 1.5, were designed to accelerate the adoption of technologies within organizations and provide a more personalized experience to further increase developers' productivity and efficiency.
Currently, organizations are increasingly prioritizing delivering better customer experiences through intelligent applications, including AI-enabled and edge applications — however, these applications can be complex and time-consuming to develop. As companies prepare their infrastructure and tools for an AI-focused future, internal developer portals help overcome the complexity associated with intelligent applications and maximize the necessary skills of developers to increase productivity. Recent improvements to the Red Hat Developer Hub aim not only to fulfill this promise but also to optimize the developer experience and help accelerate thetime to market.
For Balaji Sivasubramanian, Senior Director of Developer Tools at Red Hat, in addition to breaking technical barriers, the updates promise a customized experience for organizations."The latest resources from Red Hat Developer Hub were designed not only to help organizations increase adoption and efficiency of technologies but also to ensure a more personalized portal, providing developers with direct access to the tools, templates, and components they need to drive innovation," he stated.
Detailed data and analyses
The widespread adoption of an internal portal for developers is one of the fastest ways to streamline application development and improve developer productivity within an organization. On the other hand, the information within these environments is not always easily accessible to accurately determine who is accessing and how a portal is being used.
With theAdoption Insights, available as a preview for developers, platform engineers have access to a detailed analytical dashboard on how development teams are using Red Hat Developer Hub within their organizations. These insights allow teams not only to focus on areas of success but also to better understand where improvements can be made—helping to drive adoption and strengthen engagement..
The dashboard provides a detailed view of templates and plugins that are being regularly used, metrics on visits, usage, and much more, facilitating data-driven decision-making, enhancing the user experience, and ultimately increasing overall developer productivity.
Simplified customization through dynamic plugins
No organization approaches app development in the same way, and as such, they need access to custom-made tools and personalized components to better meet their needs. With theRed Hat Developer Hub Extensions Catalog, available as a shortcut for the developer, users have access to a catalog of community plugins verified by Red Hat.
The extension catalog provides information about over 60 dynamic plugins, all available through a simplified interface for a better user experience. With access to plugins, organizations have greater control and flexibility to customize the Red Hat Developer Hub portal according to their specific needs. Additionally, with the dynamic plugin structure on the Red Hat Developer Hub, teams can manage any plugin, including custom ones, from theruntime, without the need to redesign the portal. This makes it significantly faster and easier to integrate new tools and courses for developers.
Agile changes in service through local development tools
The Red Hat Developer Hub also offers a local version of theRHDHLocal. With the preview already available to the developer, the solution allows platform engineers to run a lightweight and standalone version of Red Hat Developer Hub on their physical machines, enabling users to make changes to their portal more quickly and easily, aiming for a more agile lifecycle.
With RHDH Local, users can work on models, test plugins, validate software catalogs, and much more, without needing to install Red Hat Developer Hub on a Kubernetes cluster. Since it runs in a container environment, users can start RHDH Local in seconds and shut it down just as quickly. By allowing users to iterate more quickly and trigger thetroubleshootLocally, before deploying changes to a production system, RHDH Local helps increase daily developer efficiency and simplify the user experience.
Availability
Red Hat Developer Hub 1.5 is now available.
