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On January 13, we held our regular Dynatrace Office Hours for App development, where we gave you the latest updates and releases and answered any questions you may have when developing Dynatrace apps.
If you couldn't join us, you can rewatch the session on our Dynatrace YouTube channel.
On March 9, we'll hold our next Dynatrace Office Hours for App development session, so stay tuned to sign up on LinkedIn.
Useful updates
Supercharge your Dynatrace app development with AI
Building Dynatrace apps just got a massive productivity boost. Our new AI for App Development guide shows you how to connect your AI assistant to Dynatrace's complete app development knowledge base using the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
With GitHub Copilot and the Dynatrace Apps VS Code extension, your AI assistant gets instant access to:
- Strato design system components, patterns, and usage examples
- DQL query syntax, functions, and best practices
- Dynatrace SDK documentation with parameters and return types
- Dynatrace App Toolkit commands and workflows
The result? You can build functional Dynatrace apps from natural language prompts. Ask your AI to "fetch logs from the past 24 hours and display them in a paginated table," and watch it generate working code using the right React hooks, Strato components, and DQL queries—all with TypeScript types intact.
New to vibe coding? Learn the fundamentals in the first half of this recording from our Perform 2026 mainstage session: Building Software in the Age of AI with Autodesk.
Get started: AI for App Development guide
Strato v3 is coming — with cleaner, simpler component imports
The next major version of the Strato Design System — Strato v3 — is on its way. This release brings several improvements aimed at giving Dynatrace app developers a smoother and more predictable experience.
One of the biggest changes: a unified component package that makes imports simpler than ever.
One of the biggest changes: a unified component package that makes imports simpler than ever.
What's changing:
- Import all components—both stable and preview—from
@dynatrace/strato-components - No more juggling between
strato-componentsandstrato-components-preview - Testing helpers unified in
@dynatrace/strato-components-testing
Transition timeline:
- Through Q3 2026: Imports from
strato-components-previewwill continue to work - By Q3 2026: Plan to fully switch to the unified packages
- After transition:
strato-components-previewpackages won't receive updates
What stays the same:
Your final package set will be strato-components, strato-components-testing, strato-geo, strato-design-tokens, and strato-icons.
Learn more: Unification of components packages
Developer portal gets better navigation
Finding what you need just got easier. We've recently restructured two major sections of the Developer Portal to improve content discoverability and organization.
What's improved:
- Design section—comprehensive reorganization including a new patterns subsection that consolidates design pattern guidance, plus improved structure across foundations, icons, and data visualizations
- Develop section—reorganized content structure with clearer categorization and more intuitive navigation paths
These changes make it simpler to find relevant documentation, whether you're building your first app or implementing advanced design patterns. Same great content, better organized.
Explore the updates:
Release highlights for app developers
Design System
Catch up with the latest enhancements to the design system. The latest changes are available on the Strato - Release notes page.
Dynatrace App Toolkit
Catch up with the latest improvements to the App Toolkit. You can find the latest changes in the annotated release notes.
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