Creating a developer platform with Compass
Compass is designed to help you gain an entirely new appreciation of how all your code is connected. With all the components in Compass, it is time to build a developer platform. This platform is going to give you a unified view of all your components, libraries, services, applications, and documentation, and the health and status of whatever you track within Compass.
How to do it…
The first thing we want to do is connect components that are related and highlight their dependencies. These dependencies will show what other components a specific component relies on. Having this mapped out in Compass is crucial to understanding how your software architecture works. Understanding these relationships enables your team to have a better understanding of how components rely on each other to make your software work.
Let’s use the following steps to create these dependencies:
- Click on Components in the Compass header and...