Managing feature flags

• Verfasst von: Aijaz, Adil [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Managing feature flags
• Titelzusatz: deliver software faster in small increments
• Mitwirkende: Echagüe, Patricio [MitwirkendeR]
• Verf.angabe: Adil Aijaz and Patricio Echagüe.
• Ausgabe: First edition.
• Verlagsort: Sebastopol, CA
• Verlag: O'Reilly Media
• E-Jahr: 2017
• Jahr: [2017]
• Umfang: 1 online resource (1 volume)
• Fussnoten: Description based on online resource; title from title page (Safari, viewed January 8, 2019)
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Computer software ; Development
• Sach-SW: Information technology ; Management
• Sach-SW: Electronic books
• Sach-SW: Electronic books ; local
• K10plus-PPN: 1680167235
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  Universitätsbibliothek
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• Lokale URL UB: Bibliothek der Medizinischen Fakultät Mannheim der Universität Heidelberg
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Abstract

Developers have long used configuration options or flags to control what their software programs do at runtime. Feature flags are a modern application of this concept, focused on accelerating software delivery. Fast-moving software teams used flags a decade ago to work on half-finished code without disrupting their users. Today, it's become standard practice for product delivery teams to use flags to deliver functionality in small increments-while learning from their users. In this short book, you'll look learn how teams can successfully apply feature flags-aka toggles, flips, gates, or switches-to accelerate software delivery. You'll learn about different types of feature flags, and explore critical code-level techniques to keep your feature-flagging code manageable. You'll also learn how to keep the number of flags in your codebase to a manageable level. Use flags in feature management to determine which users are exposed to a given feature Examine several cases involving feature flags, including continuous delivery and testing in production Learn techniques to ensure that feature-flagged code is readable, maintainable, and testable Explore the trends and practices that are driving the convergence of continuous delivery and experimentation