Building Efficient Developer Portals with Backstage

By 2026, 80% of large software engineering organizations will establish platform engineering and internal developer portals (IDP), according to Gartner. This is not surprising, given the immense advantage IDPs offer. By providing a centralized hub for resources, tools, and documentation, IDPs streamline the development process, saving valuable time and resources. Smooth developer experience not only enhances dev productivity but also cultivates a culture of innovation and fosters collaboration among the development teams. However, building a developer platform can be a complex process. In this webinar, we’ll explore developer portals and examine their impact on improving developer efficiency and explore Backstage by Spotify. We will also look at the importance of developer experience for a successful platform, the challenges of building a developer portal, and the impact of AI on their future. Backstage SMEs from the Spotify team will show how to leverage it to easily create a developer portal. Additionally, we will see how adding the Soundcheck plugin to Backstage helps codify standards and incentivize tech health improvements to drive developer productivity. Key takeaways🎯 Understand how internal developer portals reduce the cognitive load of internal developers by enabling self-service capabilities. Gain practical insights from industry leaders, including Spotify on creating effective developer portals to restore order to your infrastructure. Walk away with actionable steps to overcome the challenges companies encounter in building an IDP. Discover how artificial intelligence (AI) will shape the present and future of platform engineering and developer portals. Speakers of this webinar 🎙️ Atulpriya Sharma (Sr. Dev Advocate @ InfraCloud) Sri Chandrasekaran (Senior Product Manager @ Spotify) Frank Ye (Senior Software Engineer @ Spotify) Building a Platform? Download our free Platform Engineering OSS Reference Architecture eBook! https://www.infracloud.io/platform-en... 📢 Wish to learn more about platform engineering, check out the complete playlist:    • Building Quality Centric Platforms with Te...   ⌚Timestamps 0:00 Welcome and speaker introduction 4:25 Platform Engineering analogy 9:00 InfraCloud's Platform Engineering Reference Architecture eBook 10:29 Reference Capability Map 12:24 DevEx's role in the success of a platform 20:32 Challenges building platforms 33:13 Backstage by Spotify 37:01 Backstage demo 41:05 Soundcheck by Spotify 43:06 Soundcheck Demo 50:50 Backstage plugins and use cases 52:30 Live Q&A 58:47 Summing it up 👉 Building Quality Centric Platforms with Testkube:    • Building Quality Centric Platforms with Te...   👉 Harnessing vCluster for Developer Efficiency:    • Harnessing vCluster for Developer Efficien...   👉 Deep Dive into Workload Specification with Score:    • Deep Dive into Workload Specification with...   👉 Optimizing Platform Engineering Workflows with Devtron:    • Optimizing Platform Engineering Workflows ...   👉 Decoding Internal Developer Portals (IDPs) with Port:    • Decoding Internal Developer Portals (IDPs)...   👉 Platform Automation Using Crossplane:    • Platform Automation Using Crossplane - Pla...   👉 Building Efficient Developer Portals with Backstage:    • Building Efficient Developer Portals with ...