Django Packages : Feature Flipping

Feature Flipping

Evaluate apps and libraries that enable us to flip features for users

Features currently being evaluated

Feature	Description
Flipping mechanism	Is flipping database or cookie based
Data storage	Where the data flipping is based on is stored
Percentage of IP addresses	Allows to set conditions to switches by a percentage of IP addresses
Feature provider hook	Can use external plugin code for determining the state of a feature
Python conditionals	Can apply a switch to a piece of code via a Python conditional
Template tag switches	Can apply a switch to a piece of a template code via a template tag
JavaScript support	Switches and flags can be used in javascript
Switch by user	Allows to set conditions to switches by specific users
Switch by group	Allows to set conditions to switches by specific user groups
User can flip features	Users have a means to flip features
Geographic location	Allows to set conditions to switches by geographic location
View decorators	Can apply a switch to a piece of code via a view decorator
Flip views by name	Views can be disabled/enabled in a centralized way without adding code to each view
Percentage of users	Allows to set conditions to switches by a percentage of users
Unobtrusive	Need to change the source code to enable/disable a feature flip.

Package	gargoyle	django-waffle	django-experiments	django-ab	Django Feature Flipper	wagtail-flags	django-hashbrown	gutter-django	django-affect	gargoyle-yplan	django-lean	django-switcher	Django Intruder	Django Planout Experiments

Package	gargoyle	django-waffle	django-experiments	django-ab	Django Feature Flipper	wagtail-flags	django-hashbrown	gutter-django	django-affect	gargoyle-yplan	django-lean	django-switcher	Django Intruder	Django Planout Experiments
Description	Feature switches in Django	A feature flipper for Django	Django AB testing module	A simple AB Testing app for Django!	A feature flipper to help you use continuous deployment for Django projects. No longer active. We use django-waffle these days.	Feature flags for Wagtail sites	Yet another feature switching app for Django			:radio_button: Feature switches in Django	Git fork of django-lean. Works with python3 and django 1.6	Yet Another Feature Switcher	Django Intruder is a simple and unobtrusive application to intercept requests. It is useful to enable and disable features, for ...	A Django app for managing product experiments and measuring their results based on Facebook's planout testing library
Category	App	App	App	App	App	App	App	App	App	App	App	App	App	App
# Using This	5	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0
Python 3?
Development Status	Unknown	Beta	Unknown	n/a	n/a	Unknown	Beta	Unknown	Production/Stable	Production/Stable	Beta	n/a	Unknown	Alpha
Last updated	Feb. 23, 2016, 4:56 p.m.	Feb. 12, 2019, 10:40 a.m.	Feb. 6, 2019, 11:25 a.m.	May 19, 2009, 1:59 p.m.	Dec. 29, 2010, 11:55 a.m.	Nov. 21, 2018, 9:11 a.m.	April 17, 2018, 10:02 a.m.	Sept. 22, 2015, 11 p.m.	March 28, 2014, 2:18 p.m.	Nov. 5, 2018, 8 a.m.	April 23, 2015, 3:52 p.m.	May 14, 2013, 2:35 p.m.	April 7, 2012, 11:58 p.m.	Feb. 6, 2019, 4:04 p.m.
Version	0.11.0	0.15.1	1.2.0	n/a	n/a	4.0.1	0.7.0	0.1.13	1.1.0	1.5.0	0.15	n/a	0.1.3	0.1.0
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Flipping mechanism	uses cookies and is session based	Flags: tied to a request; Switches: named booleans in the DB; Samples: percentages in the DB											match views by name
Data storage		ORM, cached			ORM + can load a features file with a management command							ORM, cached	ORM
Percentage of IP addresses		?			(doable with plugin)
Feature provider hook
Python conditionals												Switch.objects.get(...).is_enabled()
Template tag switches
JavaScript support												integrates with Modernizr
Switch by user					(doable with plugin)
Switch by group					(doable with plugin)
User can flip features		only Flags, not Switches			Users with permission can flip features using special URLs								(users with a special permission see features which are allowed)
Geographic location		?			(doable with plugin)
View decorators
Flip views by name
Percentage of users					(doable with plugin)
Unobtrusive