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Implementing Feature Flags in an Angular E-commerce App

What's this blog post about?

E-commerce applications are increasingly popular and modern front-end frameworks like Angular and React enable the creation of fast and responsive single-page apps. Feature flags can be used in e-commerce environments to provide granular control and feature visibility, allowing for controlled rollouts of new features, personalized shopping experiences, and promotion management. In this article, an open-source Angular application demonstrates the power of feature flagging in an e-commerce context using LaunchDarkly's JavaScript SDK. The integration involves creating a service to initialize the LaunchDarkly client and setting up a listener for changes in feature flags, allowing dynamic updates to the app's content. This approach provides a safety net for managing discrepancies in pricing and discounts. The code is available on GitHub for further exploration.

Company
LaunchDarkly

Date published
March 1, 2017

Author(s)
Justin Baker

Word count
595

Hacker News points
None found.

Language
English


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