This page contains links to documents that will help you better understand backend standards. These linked documents contain information and guidelines that will assist you in improving VA.gov.
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Working with the Engineering Team -
Key management -
Threat Model in Practice -
vets-api database migrations -
Backend Endpoint Tutorial and Module Guidance -
How to add secret files to Vets-API -
How to use encrypted attributes in vets-api -
How-to Guide: Caching with Redis-Namespace in Vets API -
Data Encryption in Vets API -
How to create a serializer -
Request Specs -
Mitigating and Handling Leaked API Keys -
Data retention policy -
Settings and Parameter Store -
External service error handling architecture -
How to handle unsuccessful requests from external services -
Deprecating API Endpoints -
Response serialization -
How to resolve brakeman warnings -
How to resolve reek warnings -
Flipper Usage In Specs -
Production Rails Command Requests
Help and feedback
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Get help from the Platform Support Team in Slack.
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Submit a feature idea to the Platform.