3rd Party Services

(TH-100) Approved Code Repositories

The only permitted code repositories for BloomTech Labs projects are listed below:

• GitHub

  • Specifically the BloomTech Labs

    organization

All others are prohibited from use.

Rationale:

• BloomTech Labs produces thousands of lines of code per week. It is essential that this code be centrally managed to provide safe-keeping for the code over time.

Alternatives:

• None

Exceptions:

• None

(TH-110) Approved Hosting Providers

The only permitted hosting providers for BloomTech Labs projects are listed below:

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)

  • See AWS Standards for more detail

• Heroku

  • Web Backend Only

  • See Heroku Standards for more detail

All others are prohibited from use, including:

• Firebase

• Google Cloud Platform

• Zeit

• Netlify

Rationale:

• We restrict hosting choices in BloomTech Labs so that we can focus our resources on a subset of available providers. By narrowing the field of choices, we feel that product quality will be improved through the sharing of common knowledge and reusable components.

Exceptions:

• None

(TH-120) Approved Identity Providers

The only permitted identity providers for BloomTech School Labs projects are listed below:

• Okta

All others are prohibited from use.

Rationale:

• Standardizing on a small number of services allows for students and staff to better share knowledge and code

Alternatives:

• None

Exceptions:

• None

(TH-130) Approved CI/CD Platforms

The only permitted CI/CD platforms for BloomTech Labs projects are listed below:

• GitHub Actions

• Native AWS Services

• Native Heroku Services

All others are prohibited from use.

Rationale:

• Standardizing on a small number of services allows for students and staff to better share knowledge and code

Alternatives:

• None

Exceptions:

• None

(TH-140) Approved Domain Registrars

The only permitted domain registration providers for BloomTech Labs projects are listed below:

• Namecheap

  • Only when provisioned using the Labs Tech Provisioning Process

All other services are prohibited from use.

Rationale:

• Standardizing on a small number of services allows for students and staff to better share knowledge and code

Alternatives:

• None

Exceptions:

• None

(TH-145) Approved DNS Providers

The only permitted DNS providers for BloomTech Labs projects are listed below:

• AWS Route53

All other services are prohibited from use.

Rationale:

• Standardizing on a small number of services allows for students and staff to better share knowledge and code

Alternatives:

• None

Exceptions:

• None

(TH-150) Approved Online Payment Services

The only permitted online payment processing for BloomTech Labs projects are listed below:

• Stripe
• Dwolla

All others are prohibited from use.

Rationale:

• Standardizing on a small number of services allows for students and staff to better share knowledge and code

• For Dwolla Users Be sure to work with our technical support specialist Kelly M.

Alternatives:

• Dwolla

Exceptions:

• Dwolla - When we have the ability to work hand-in-hand with a developer advocate from Dwolla, or when the stakeholder requires the use of this service for their app.

(TH-160) Approved Text Messaging Services

The only permitted text messaging for BloomTech Labs projects are listed below:

• Twilio

All others are prohibited from use.

Rationale:

• Standardizing on a small number of services allows for students and staff to better share knowledge and code

Alternatives:

• None

Exceptions:

• None

(TH-170) Approved Email Services

The only permitted email services for BloomTech Labs projects are listed below:

• SendGrid

All others are prohibited from use.

Rationale:

• Standardizing on a small number of services allows for students and staff to better share knowledge and code

Alternatives:

• None

Exceptions:

• None

(TH-180) Approved Mapping Services

The only permitted mapping services for BloomTech Labs projects are listed below:

• Google Maps

• MapBox

All others are prohibited from use.

Rationale:

• Standardizing on a small number of services allows for students and staff to better share knowledge and code

Alternatives:

• None

Exceptions:

• None

(TH-190) Approved Mobile App Stores

The only permitted mobile app stores for BloomTech Labs projects are listed below:

• Google Play

• Apple App Store

All others are prohibited from use.

Rationale:

• Standardizing on a small number of services allows for students and staff to better share knowledge and code

Alternatives:

• None

Exceptions:

• None

(TH-200) Approved Code Quality Services

The only permitted code quality services for BloomTech Labs projects are listed below:

• CodeClimate

All others are prohibited from use.

Rationale:

• Standardizing on a small number of services allows for students and staff to better share knowledge and code

Alternatives:

• None

Exceptions:

• None

(TH-210) Approved User Analytics Services

The only permitted user analytics services for BloomTech Labs projects are listed below:

• Google Analytics
• Mixpanel
• Segment - may be used to route analytics calls to Google Analytics and Mixpanel.

All others are prohibited from use.

Rationale:

• Standardizing on a small number of services allows for students and staff to better share knowledge and code

Alternatives:

• None

Exceptions:

• None

(TH-220) Approved Exception Monitoring Services

The only permitted user analytics services for BloomTech Labs projects are listed below:

• Sentry

All others are prohibited from use.

Rationale:

• Standardizing on a small number of services allows for students and staff to better share knowledge and code

Alternatives:

• None

Exceptions:

• None