Question
Anamata
NL
Last activity: 1 May 2023 2:14 EDT
Feature Toggles and Branches compatible?
I'm experimenting with feature toggles. Are feature toggles compatible with branch development?
If I want to create a feature toggle for the work I'm currently doing in a branch, I must select an application context. When I select the BaseDev application (BaseDev is my Dev application which is built on top of Base) I can select my branch. But for rulesets I only get the ones of my BaseDev application, which ofcourse is incorrect.
When I select the Base application, I cannot select my branch. However, I cannot select my branch and all rulesets are closed (like supposed to when doing branch development).
What is the correct approach?
Updated: 30 Apr 2023 17:40 EDT
Ordina
NL
@Michel Kraaij Interested in knowing about this as well. I currently see two options of varying quality:
- You can add the ruleset you need from the Base application to the BaseDev application temporarily and save the toggle and the when rule there (perhaps even think of making a seperate ruleset for toggles depending on your product rule configuration)
- You can add an empty branch ruleset ´Blabla´ to the Base application and save the toggle there along with the when rule, remove it from the Base application and add the branch to the BaseDev application for further modification. Unfortunately, that will always require an additional save of the Base application.
Let's agree that toggles work differently with branches than other versioned rules (didn't check other Data-admin-* instances): even if the BlaBla ruleset is not added to the Base application, I can choose to create these rules when there's a built-on relationship between BaseDev and Base.
Anamata
NL
@BasRulesMatter! Yes, there are many options to mitigate this issue. I came up with the same suggestions you mentioned.
I was just wondering why feature toggles aren't utilized that much. One of the reasons I could think of is this incompatibility with branches. Another one is that the concept of designing and delivering an MVP is lacking among many developers. If developers used this method more frequently, the need for applying a feature toggle would probably be more frequent as well.