How do you scale an SDK without breaking things for your partners? Learn how Canva's internal testing process prevents critical bugs before they ever reach the public.
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How Canva's app SDK empowers developers
The Canva Apps SDK allows any developer to build and integrate creative apps directly into the design platform.
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Understanding the different types of app developers
Canva's platform serves third-party developers, enterprise system integrators, and internal teams, each with distinct motivations and needs.
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Scaling app development with enablement and dogfooding
To scale app creation without sacrificing quality, the team focuses on enabling partners and using their own tools internally ("dogfooding") to find bugs.
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Building a template from common app patterns
By identifying common patterns in Digital Asset Management (DAM) apps, a reusable React component template was created to accelerate development.
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How dogfooding prevented a critical authentication bug
An internal release caught a breaking change in an authentication method deprecation, preventing a widespread incident for external developers.
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A phased release flow from internal to public
New tools are released in stages from internal teams to trusted partners and finally to the public, gathering feedback at each step.
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The future of the Canva developer platform
Future development focuses on a token management service and a new Connect API, following the same internal-first release philosophy.
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