9 best practices for release management

Insider advice to help make every software release successful.

EBOOK

Master release management with feature flags

Feature flags are so much more than toggles to control who sees certain features and when or where they are seen. In fact, feature flags underpin many of the most valuable testing and release strategies leveraged by leading development teams. One of the most common uses for feature flags is early access or "canary" releases. Canary releases open the door to progressively deliver features to specific user groups, fine tune any issues, then roll out functionality to larger groups. This means teams can release better software more quickly—but this is just one feature flagging use case.

In this eBook, you learn:

The specifics around how feature flags enable canary releases

Other common use cases for feature flags in release management

Specific ways to implement feature flags in release processes to ensure smooth, successful launches every time

And much more.

Best practices for implementing best practices (seriously!)

How feature flags influence planning, implementation, and deployment stages

Feature flags are a critical piece of modern development and continuous delivery. I enjoy LaunchDarkly. So glad we're using it.

Rob Zuber

CTO, CircleCI