Fredrik Adelöw
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We sometimes get errors like `Cannot read property 'toLowerCase' of undefined` which really doesn't help debugging. So log the error stack instead of just the message, and also make the rules enforcer (which is the very first code that's hit by newly read data) more defensive. The latter is needed because no validation has been performed on the entity data yet, so if the user mistakenly inserted bad data, the code will crash instead of just rejecting the data as invalid.
Plugins
Backstage is a single-page application composed of a set of plugins.
Our goal for the plugin ecosystem is that the definition of a plugin is flexible enough to allow you to expose pretty much any kind of infrastructure or software development tool as a plugin in Backstage. By following strong design guidelines we ensure the overall user experience stays consistent between plugins.
Creating a plugin
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Suggesting a plugin
If you start developing a plugin that you aim to release as open source, we suggest that you create a new Issue. This helps the community know what plugins are in development.
You can also use this process if you have an idea for a good plugin but you hope that someone else will pick up the work.