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Version: 9.x (Current)

The Marketplace

Why always start from scratch​

The Mia-Platform Marketplace contains several code resources which help you develop your architecture faster.

In the Marketplace, you will be able to choose from a set of components (mostly powered and supported by Mia-Platform) to easily set up a single microservice or a bundle of resources with predefined and tested functionalities.

Marketplace components you can start from include:

  • Plugin: a ready-to-use Microservice.

  • Template: a base repository from which you can start to create a new Microservice.

  • Example: a specific use-case, a ready-to-use model to create your Microservice.

  • Application: a bundle of resources including Plugins, Templates, and Examples, but also Endpoints, Collections, and Public Variables.

  • Docker Image Name: an existing Docker image of a Microservice (check out the Create a service section for further information).

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You can go deeper into the code of Templates and Examples by visiting the Mia-Platform Marketplace GitHub page.

Explore the Marketplace​

You can access the Mia-Platform Marketplace from the Design area of the Console, either when you are creating a new microservice or creating a new application.

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In the first case, you will be able to filter by one of the following component types: Plugins, Templates, and Examples.

In the second case, you will only be able to see components of Application type.

In both cases, you will be able to filter components by category, a property reflecting the purpose, the field, or the use-case a component is associated with (e.g. Data visualization).

The results of your search will always appear organized by category.

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Marketplace components lifecycle​

Each Marketplace component has a predetermined development lifecycle:

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The following are the expected stages along a Marketplace component lifecycle:

  • Coming soon: implementation has just started, these components cannot be used yet (users can still be informed about the existence of a new component)

  • Preview: first usable release, components may include bugs and be subject to undocumented breaking changes

  • Beta: implementation is complete, these components won't be subject to any undocumented breaking change but may still include bugs (hence they must be used with caution)

  • Stable: implementation is stable (bugs free). Consequently, this stage represents the period before the component's official release and its documentation in the release note.