Internal Developer Platform: Tutorial, Examples & Recommendations

An internal developer platform (IDP) is a comprehensive, self-service set of tools and infrastructure that simplifies and standardizes software practices. It reduces cognitive load for developers and allows for autonomy in modifying configurations, deploying, and provisioning environments. IDPs are an extension of the DevOps evolution and have five core components: application configuration management, infrastructure orchestration, environment management, deployment management, and role-based access control. They integrate into existing workflows and are built on top of core DevOps tooling. IDPs are utilized by both platform teams and application developers to streamline and accelerate the software development process.

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