IBM DevOps Code ClearCase vs. Angular Feature Flags

IBM Rational ClearCase might be better suited for a smaller / simpler code base. Larger code bases really slow it down... but then again there are better alternatives out there for source control

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Feature Flags are well suited for apps which are being developed across numerous teams in order to extend and basically enable/disable whatever areas of the app you want. It's not really necessary for an individual developer or perhaps even a single team of developers, depending.

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• Rational ClearCase is excellent for handling versioning and branching. No other tool I've used has the depth that ClearCase has when it comes to handling complex branching scenarios and identifying where certain versions of particular files are within a particular configuration.
• Rational ClearCase handles parallel development of many dependent applications really well.
• The use of ClearCase Views to switch between projects and configurations is extremely convenient as opposed to the local workstation model of the competitors.

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• Allows for easy configuration of what you may define as features
• Allows for a customization layer to utilize Feature Flags

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• Extremely buggy.
• Sometimes the repository gets locked for no reason.
• Slow.

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• Would be nice if there were a built in route guard and more end to end solution out of the box I suppose

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If development is centrallized to one location and your company releases hundreds of customized versions of your software per year, then ClearCase is the best tool for managing the complexity of multiple versions of customized software. If your company has globally distributed development, then I'd recommend Team Foundation Server over ClearCase. If your organization uses Agile Methodologies, then I'd recommend TFS with GIT.

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We still utilize Git as our source control system but Feature Flags allow us to use Git in a less complex and more efficient way for our development needs.

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• Managed code versioning for many years.
• Only one person can edit code at a time - slows processing down.
• IBM is an expensive product to support.

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• I would say a large ROI considering the reduction in branching and merging we need to perform and also the ability to use common, up to date code across teams. There's a lot of shared code we make use of, particularly with identity and authentication and our entire identity platform which is essentially used by each feature.

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