How to set up a staging environment

Continuous improvement is essential for effective app development. Here’s a simple and efficient approach to manage staging environments and ongoing development for your ProcFu apps. This method minimizes downtime and ensures a smooth user experience while maintaining flexibility during development.

1. Assign a custom URL to your main app

Ensure your primary app is accessible via a custom URL.

2. Create a clone of the app

Duplicate your app to serve as a staging environment. This allows you to make and test changes without affecting the live version.

3. Develop and test on the clone

Implement all necessary updates, features, or fixes on the cloned app. Thoroughly test everything to ensure stability.

4. Switch to the updated app

Once the updates are ready, remove the custom URL from the old app and assign it to the updated version. This provides an instant and seamless transition for users.

5. Manage the old version

Decide whether to keep the old version for backup purposes or delete it if no longer needed.

6. Revert to old version if needed

If you encounter any issues with the new deployment, you can quickly go back to your previous version by reversing the URL change you made to deploy the new app.