Configuration, Configuration, Configuration

Gave this loosely formatted lightning talk at NationJS 2014.

Nconf, node-config, and roll-your-own configuration is prevalent in Node-land. They all have major weaknesses and are not UNIX-y. We're doing it wrong.

We should be using a UNIX approach. Use Dotenv.

Live code associated with this presentation is here.

Transcript

1. CONFIGURATION CONFIGURATION CONFIGURATION
3. Current state of configuration in node-land.
9. .env
10. .load()
11. process.env.X
12. One more time.
14. jk.
15. Define a .env file. Load ENVs in. Access with process.env.X.
16. Let’s live code, real quick.
17. @motdotla