New updates to the Red Hat Developer Hub, internal portal for developers focusing on the enterprise market, based on the Backstage project, have just been made available by Red Hat. The resources, delivered with the general availability of Red Hat Developer Hub 1.5, They are designed to accelerate the adoption of technologies within organizations and to provide a more personalized experience to further increase developers' productivity and efficiency
Currently, organizations are increasingly prioritizing delivering better experiences to customers through smart applications, including AI-enabled applications and edge computing — however, these applications can be complex and time-consuming to develop. As companies prepare their infrastructure and tools for an AI-focused future, internal portals for developers help overcome the complexity associated with smart applications and maximize the necessary skills of developers to increase productivity. The recent improvements to the Red Hat Developer Hub aim to do more than just fulfill this promise, optimizing the developer experience and helping to accelerate thetime to market.
To 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 ensure a more personalized portal, providing developers with direct access to the tools, models and components needed to drive innovation.”, 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 the developer, platform engineers having access to a detailed analytical dashboard on how development teams are using the Red Hat Developer Hub within their organizations. These insights allow teams to not only focus on areas of success, but also 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, use and much more, facilitating data-driven decision making, improving the user experience and, finally, 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 the 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. Furthermore, with the dynamic plugin structure on Red Hat Developer Hub, teams can manage any plugin, including the customized, 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 for the developer, the solution allows platform engineers to run a lightweight and standalone version of Red Hat Developer Hub on their physical machines, allowing users to make changes to their portal more quickly and easily, aiming for a more agile lifecycle
With the 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. How it runs in a container environment, users can start RHDH Local in seconds and turn it off just as quickly. By allowing users to iterate more quickly and trigger thetroubleshootlocally before deploying changes to a production system, The RHDH Local helps increase daily developer efficiency and simplify the user experience
Availability
The Red Hat Developer Hub 1.5 is already available
