Understanding LaunchDarkly's projects and environments
First, I want to talk about the projects and environments within LaunchDarkly – I have alluded to these already within this book, and it is worth looking at them now. When you created your account, you might have noticed the top-left of the screen, with text stating Default Project and Production. These denote the project and environment that you are currently in within LaunchDarkly, respectively. This information is visible at all times when working with LaunchDarkly because it underpins everything you will be doing within LaunchDarkly:
Figure 3.1 – The projects and environment information in the top-left corner of LaunchDarkly
You should create a project and two environments – production and test – by default within LaunchDarkly as this allows us to get going very quickly. It is worth understanding their purpose before we move on and set up our first feature flag.
