Question 1 What are environment variables?
- Variables that persist from session to session on a browser
Variables set outside of a program, normally on the server
Variables that only exist under certain conditions
Variables that change based on user input
Question 2 Why are environment variables useful?
- Because they make it easy to write new database configurations
Because they help code maintain consistency from development to production
Because they make coding on the server possible
Because environment variables define what tools developers can use
Question 3 What is an example of information typically stored in an environment variable?
- The name of the developer who created the database
The make and model of the server
The instructions of how to access the database
Database variables for different instances