Lucille Tachet
A Journey from Internal Tools to Public SDK
#1about 3 minutes
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.
#2about 3 minutes
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.
#3about 3 minutes
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.
#4about 3 minutes
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.
#5about 3 minutes
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.
#6about 3 minutes
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.
#7about 2 minutes
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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