Today, we are excited to announce the public preview of Backbench beta. Backbench enables you with a workbench and toolbox containing programmable, managed and standards-compliant systems necessary to rapidly develop and run enterprise-grade internet applications.
Backbench is a comprehensive platform that we designed and built with developers in mind. It ships with its own programming language-BBLANG that is built from the ground up to make it simple to process information, program and integrate systems on the internet.
The set of programmable tools we offer include:
HTTPS Endpoint: A server less environment for setting up a fully functional HTTPS endpoint that is suitable for publishing internet-scale APIs and writing custom workflows on the internet, like cloud automation, orchestration, DevOps, continuous delivery, and deployment.
Memory: A production scale fully managed key-value store (No-SQL database) that requires absolutely no configuration and is fully programmable, making it easy to store and access data in your application.
WebSockets: A fully standards compliant and programmable WebSocket is provided that lets users setup full duplex channels for developing real-time applications like Chat, Geo-tracking etc…
Schedules: Provides the ability to run tasks at a certain time or in a recurring fashion ideal for setting up custom marketing campaigns and building custom workflows.
Backbench lets you visualize just about anything happening in your entire application from app downloads, page visits to custom system level metrics by providing powerful visualizations with programmable data sources that run in the context of your application.
Backbench also provides a fully featured logging system that helps you gain a better understanding of the flow of your application. It helps you manage complexity and allows you to rapidly develop and debug your internet application.
We are releasing Backbench technology in a staged manner, exposing many more new functionality over time. Starting today, you sign up for access to the Backbench beta tech preview at backbench.io. Please give it a try and let us know what you think!
