Clarify development path compared to self-hosted version

[erwinkramer]

We now have 2 versions of the portal code base with some slight differences:

• https://github.com/Azure/api-management-developer-portal
• https://github.com/Azure/API-Portal

This brings some questions:

• Will this API-Portal replace the other one eventually? This is important to know, because if you've setup the self-hosted one with the https://github.com/Azure/api-management-developer-portal and some devops pipelines, there doesn't seem to be much reason to move away.
• Will the 2 versions have separate development and features eventually? Apart from the way you can release it, there doesn't seem to be much difference yet.

[azaslonov]

Hi @erwinkramer,

No, it won't replace the developer portal, but surely they will share a lot of common parts. The idea of this project is to have a portal, disconnected from any API management platform (like Azure API Management).

[erwinkramer]

Thanks, makes sense.

[mikebudzynski]

@erwinkramer, as @azaslonov mentioned, the API Portal is disconnected from any API management solution. The API Management's developer portal is built into Azure API Management and uses it for additional functionality, like user and identity management. They do and will share most of the underlying codebase, but remain separate and serve different purposes.