Scaling Web App Configuration with Environment Variables

Learn the strategies senior engineers use to configure their projects to run securely, anywhere with environment variables.

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Published 20 days ago
Updated 20 days ago

On demand video

1 hr 53 mins

Video Lessons

13 Videos

Course Instructor

Kemal Ahmed

disabled engineer. entrepreneur. front-end lover. ex-aws contractor

How The Course Works

01Remote

You can take the course from anywhere in the world, as long as you have a computer and an internet connection.

02Self-Paced

Learn at your own pace, whenever it's convenient for you. With no rigid schedule to worry about, you can take the course on your own terms.

03Community

Join a vibrant community of other students who are also learning with Scaling Web App Configuration with Environment Variables. Ask questions, get feedback and collaborate with others to take your skills to the next level.

04Structured

Learn in a cohesive fashion that's easy to follow. With a clear progression from basic principles to advanced techniques, you'll grow stronger and more skilled with each module.

Course Overview

Manage Configurations Across Multiple Environments with dotenv

What you will learn

How to use dotenv to build a 12-factor app
Importance of not committing your keys
How to integrate dotenv into React Native
Differences between dotenv on the front end and back end
Where dotenv doesn't solve your problem
How to create a project from scratch

Every time I used to build a new project it seemed there is a different strategy you have to come up with to manage configurations.

When I heard of dotenv and how common it was I figured that a standard would be simple to setup and consistent, but when I started using it felt like I had to re-invent the wheel every time.

After building hundreds of apps from scratch, consulting with people all over the industry, and answering countless questions to users of my open source libraries, I discovered that there's only a few patterns you need to know to be able to configure any app from scratch securely in a team.

In this course I'll show you the patterns for configuring any Javascript project to be secure and robust in team settings using environment variables.

In 12 videos we cover environment variables in back end node, front end react, and mobile react native. You'll learn when environment variables are not even the best solution for configuration and how to test them.

It's taught by Kemal Ahmed who is the maintainer of react-native-dotenv.