Provide some example of config file separation for dev and prod environments

A perfect and flawless configuration setup should ensure:

• keys can be read from file AND from environment variable
• secrets are kept outside committed code
• config is hierarchical for easier findability

Consider the following config file:

var config = {
  production: {
    mongo : {
      billing: '****'
    }
  },
  default: {
    mongo : {
      billing: '****'
    }
  }
}

exports.get = function get(env) {
  return config[env] || config.default;
}

And it’s usage:

const config = require('./config/config.js').get(process.env.NODE_ENV);
const dbconn = mongoose.createConnection(config.mongo.billing);