I like all of these but am wondering what the following two mean.
Start = Begin doing something; e.g. create a feature flag.
Stop = End doing something; e.g. remove a feature flag.
Could someone explain these and give a few examples?
Start = Begin doing something; e.g. create a feature flag.
Stop = End doing something; e.g. remove a feature flag.
Could someone explain these and give a few examples?
The idea is that instead of making a version control branch to change feature A to feature B and then merging back into the mainline of development, you build an abstraction over the thing you want to change, build a new implementation of that abstraction, switch out the two and then (if you like) remove the abstraction, all within the main line of development.
So instead of history that looks like this:
* Merge branch 'feature-cookie-login' into master
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| * Polish up cookie feature
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. * Switch from tokens to cookies
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. * Clean up and refactor login code
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* Stop abstracting the authentication type.
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* Switch from auth tokens to session cookies
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* Add a SessionCookie authentication type.
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* Start abstracting the authentication tokens as a generic authentication type
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Using feature flags can increase a team's productivity by encouraging multiple commits a day, every day. It can also make rollbacks faster.