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Testing Backstage Catalog's ingestion
Charles Lowell — March 24, 2022
To test whether the Backstage is setting up the Catalog properly, you must start a Backstage server, wait for a while, and assert. This feat is easier said than done, but Charles will guide you through it in this article.
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Backstage tutorial: plugin integration tests with Cypress + Interactors
Jorge Lainfiesta — March 03, 2022
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to set up integration tests for your Backstage plugins using Material UI Interactors
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Announcing GraphGen: the search for the graph factory
Charles Lowell — February 21, 2022
Creating fake datasets that resemble real ones is nearly impossible today. That's why Frontside is working on a tool that can generate graphs with coherent data and relationships
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Tutorial: How to use your company’s component library with Backstage
Taras Mankovski — February 14, 2022
In this tutorial, Taras will show you how to replace Material UI for your component library in Backstage without losing access to its API.
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When to use SemVer or CalVer: project type considerations
Jacob Bolda — February 09, 2022
Choosing a versioning scheme helps you manage the understanding and expectations of your project over time. In this article, you'll learn about how to decide on whether to use SemVer or CalVer according to your project type.
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What is DX anyway: a chronological overview
Jorge Lainfiesta — January 26, 2022
You can only optimize for concrete indicators, that’s why having a clear understanding of DX is important to improve it. In this article, we review the main trends of the past decade.
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Tutorial: Easier onboarding with Backstage and VSCode dev containers
Min Kim — January 24, 2022
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to set up dev containers to make it easier to onboard developers.
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Simplified local development and testing with Auth0 simulation
Paul Cowan — January 13, 2022
Auth0 can be difficult to manage in local development and within testing environments such as CI/CD pipelines. An Auth0 simulator can save you from branching your code or maintaining mocks in your tests.
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