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Canary Release / Progressive Delivery with ConfigCat

· 3 min read
David Herbert
Changing the world, one line of code at a time

In this post, we’ll look at how we can easily implement a canary release of a feature in 7 steps using ConfigCat’s feature flagging service through its provided dashboard.

This step-by-step guide will showcase how we can release a new feature incrementally, by first exposing it to low-risk user groups (e.g. team members and possibly friends), and then gradually releasing it to a larger audience - using ConfigCat, a feature flag service to implement everything.

How to Use Feature Flags in Vue.js

· 7 min read
David Herbert
Changing the world, one line of code at a time
Chavez Harris
Inspiration does exist, but it must find you writing code.

Feature flags have greatly simplified the process of continuously testing and integrating new features into our applications. They ensure confidence even in production environments, eliminating deployment risks such as downtimes or bugs that could adversely affect the entire user base.

Feature Flags in Vue.js

Exploring Feature Flags in Android (Kotlin)

· 6 min read
Mihaela Vasile Patrascu
Mihaela Vasile Patrascu
Done is better than perfect.

Let's play with a hypothetical scenario where you've built a Kotlin-based mobile application, and you'd like to customize the overall user experience based on specified criteria. You've got a perfect idea, but then this question pops up everywhere: Now what? Folks, allow me to introduce you to the concept of feature flags in Kotlin.

How to send feature flag change notifications to DataDog

· 3 min read
Endre Toth
Large scale enterprise development expert. The father of our SDKs and infrastructure.

Thanks to the latest CI/CD tools and services, software companies can now deliver multiple releases in a week. Over the release process, it's expected that DevOps professionals keep their eyes on the monitoring dashboard and roll-back the deployment on the first suspicion. Since the use of feature flags gets more and more traction, it seems like a good idea to connect those releases and the monitoring tools.

DataDog Dashboard

How to buy a ConfigCat subscription for someone else?

· One min read
Zoltan David
One with a vision, answers and a master plan.

TL;DR

If you're a software reseller you are allowed to buy a ConfigCat subscription for your client. You are allowed to resell one subscription to one client only. Of course, you are allowed to resell more subscriptions to the same client.

Here is how to do it.

Step-by-step guide

  1. register at https//app.configcat.com
  2. go to https://app.configcat.com/plans
  3. click the "change plan" button under the desired plan and follow the instructions
  4. go to https://app.configcat.com/invite
  5. invite your client to the "Administrator" group

If you run into any problem, just drop us an email at [email protected].

How to use feature flags through a proxy?

· 2 min read
Zoltan David
One with a vision, answers and a master plan.

As feature flags are getting popular, an ever-growing number of developers are facing the challenges associated with them.

No matter if you implement your own feature flag library, or choose a hosted feature flag service like ConfigCat, chances are high you want to use your feature flags in your frontend and in your backend services as well.

If your feature flags can be toggled on a central feature flag dashboard, such as