Key concepts of Grafana plugin development

• Anatomy of a pluginThis guide describes the anatomy of a plugin, including the individual components that make up each plugin type.
• Backend pluginsLearn about developing Grafana plugins with a backend component.
• Plugin types and usageLearn about the different types of Grafana plugins, their usage and configuration.
• Life cycle of a pluginLearn about the life cycle of a Grafana plugin.
• Data framesLearn about data frames for use in Grafana plugin development.
• NPM dependenciesLearn about frontend NPM dependencies in Grafana plugins.
• UI extensionsLearn how to add links and trigger actions from the Grafana user interface by using UI Extensions in app plugins.