Pros and Cons of Using Internal Development Platforms in the Cloud Computing World

Internal Development Platform (IDP) is a brand new word in DevOps and product development. In this article, I’m explaining:

What exactly IDP is
How to involve it in your organization
An overview of the existing IDP platforms on the market, their pros, and cons
An example of IDP Architecture based on the Azure Cloud

What Is an Internal Developer Platform?

As a software architect, I design the DevOps processes and spend much time selecting the DevOps toolset, building pipelines, and communicating with the DevOps team to implement some procedures for the development team. We can solve this with the internal development platform (IDP).