What is .env file in Node.js?

When I started learning basics of backend development, I remember coming across something called an .env file where everyone would be putting some top-secret “environment variables” in and I wasn’t sure why. What are these mysterious and intimidating...

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#environment-variables #env #nodejs #backend

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Mohammad Khalid

Passionate Full Stack Developer | Empowering Innovation through Code

Aug 10, 2023

its very understable

Thank you Mohammad!

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Joanna

Front End Development | Full Stack Development | MERN

Aug 10, 2023

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Chris Winter

Front End Developer

Aug 3, 2023

Great job on your first article Joanna! Clear and helpful!

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Joanna

Front End Development | Full Stack Development | MERN

Aug 3, 2023

Thank you Chris! I appreciate you reading the article!

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J K

Aug 3, 2023

well done! very helpful!

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Joanna

Front End Development | Full Stack Development | MERN

Aug 3, 2023

Thank you JK! I appreciate your support

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Jon Collins

Aug 3, 2023

Great write up Joanna! The .env can often be mysterious when starting out and I’m glad you mention that it needs to be included in the gitignore! A lot of us at some point have pushed a env file full of db creds into GitHub 😂. Well done, and I look forward to more articles!!

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Joanna

Front End Development | Full Stack Development | MERN

Aug 3, 2023

Haha I am so glad you found it helpful Jonathan! Thank you so much for your support!

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