From 97b8d515b36617a1ef88d36e48505b6bc463e0fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Stefan=20=C3=85lund?= Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2020 11:45:31 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Minor tweaks to README --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cdec7ec388..42cece3a1b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Backstage is an open platform for building developer portals. -The philosophy behind Backstage is simple: don't expose your engineers to the full complexity of all your infrastructure tooling and services -- hide it behind a consistent, centralized and delightful interface. +The philosophy behind Backstage is simple: don't expose your engineers to the full complexity of all your infrastructure tooling and services -- hide it behind a _single_ centralized and consistent interface. ![headline](headline.png) @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ The philosophy behind Backstage is simple: don't expose your engineers to the fu The Backstage platform consists of a number of different components: -- **frontend** Main web application that users interact with. It's built up by a number of different _Plugins_. Plugins all use a common set of platform API's and reusable UI components. Each plugin is treated as a self-contained web app and can include almost any type of content. +- **frontend** Main web application that users interact with. It's built up by a number of different _Plugins_. Plugins all use a common set of platform API's and reusable UI components. Each plugin is treated as a self-contained web app and can include almost any type of content. Plugins can fetch data either from the _backend_ or through any RESTful API exposed through the _proxy_. - **backend** GraphQL aggregation service that holds the model of your software ecosystem, including organisational information and what team owns what software. The backend also has a Plugin model for extending its graph. - **proxy** Terminates HTTPS and exposes any RESTful API to Plugins. - **identity** A backend service that holds your organisation's metadata.