Project: Santa's Workshop with DevCycles Feature Flags

This is a submission for the DevCycle Feature Flag Challenge: Feature Flag Funhouse

What I Built

I've created a Christmas-themed Next.js v15 app using the App Router, showcasing a creative way to use feature flags with DevCycle SDK. Integrations with Clerk for authentication, Neon DB for database ops, and style it with Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui components. The app will be a "Santa's Workshop" where elves can toggle different Christmas preparations based on feature flags.

Getting Started

This setup creates a Christmas-themed "Santa's Workshop" application that uses feature flags to control various Christmas preparations. Here's a breakdown of the key features:

1. Authentication is handled by Clerk.
2. The main workshop interface uses DevCycle for feature flags. The isChristmasEve flag, when true, disables all controls, simulating the rush of Christmas Eve.
3. The workshop activities (toy making, gift wrapping, sleigh maintenance) are stored in a Neon DB and can be toggled on/off by the elves.
4. The UI is styled with Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui components, with a Christmas color scheme (green and red gradient background).
5. A festive snowfall effect is added to enhance the Christmas theme.

Demo

https://christmas-workshop-e6d4-git-bugfix-deploy-sdb23s-projects.vercel.app/

My Code

Serg's christmas-workshop

My DevCycle Experience

Regarding DevCycle's experience, I was surprised and happy to see such onboarding as soon as you begin your signup. Not only provides easy guidance but also encourages to learn on the fly the creation of flags, variables and getting immerse in their dashboard right away!
That's an excellent approach since many nextjs library providers have some sort of hidden documentation that might take several google research to find out what works with what. Even though I'm still learning the basic configuration, I feel confident to recommend DevCycles API to any Developer looking to get started with feature flags in a few min.

Thanks for letting me participate! I had lots of fun learning about feature flags and creating the project. Bye!

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