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https://www.twitch.tv/split_software

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Building Flexible UIs with Feature Flags

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Flex that UI muscle!

CSS is fun!

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What is A/B testing?

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What is A/B testing?

A/B testing, otherwise known as split testing, is the process of testing two different versions of a web page or product feature against the original, existing version.

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  • Awesome user experience
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  • Fine grained control of code exposure

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How?

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Well set up an experiment of course!

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That is what we call a moron.

That is not an experiment.

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Gather that data!

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Scientific Method

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Scientific Method

  1. Ask a question
  2. Do research
  3. Construct a hypothesis
  4. Experiment
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Scientific Method

  1. Construct a hypothesis
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If we ship this new button, our retention will increase by 20%.

Hypothesis

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Experiment time!

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❗️ Baseline before experiment! ❗️

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// get treatment
  let treatment = client.getTreatment('css_demo');

  // get features to flip based upon CSS classes
  const featureA = document.querySelectorAll('.a');
  const featureB = document.querySelectorAll('.b');

  if (treatment === 'on') {

      featureB.forEach(element => {
          element.classList.add('hide')
      })
  } else if (treatment === 'off') {
      featureA.forEach(element => {
          element.classList.add('hide')
      })
  } else {
      console.error('Error connecting to Split')
      // default rule here
      featureA.forEach(element => {
          element.classList.add('hide')
      })
  }

});  

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