Glossary term
What is Environment variable?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Environment variable" means: A named value kept in your terminal session, outside your files. It is a safe place for a password. It is taught in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work, Node.js: Build the Back End and APIs and Docker and Kubernetes for Beginners.
- 3 courses teach it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Environment variable?
A named value kept in your terminal session, outside your files. It is a safe place for a password. (From Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work. 2 other courses define it for their own subject, so each definition follows.)
What does Environment variable mean in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work?
A named value kept in your terminal session, outside your files. It is a safe place for a password.
What does Environment variable mean in Node.js: Build the Back End and APIs?
A named value that the system hands to a program when it starts, used for settings and secrets.
What does Environment variable mean in Docker and Kubernetes for Beginners?
A named setting, like GREETING=Howdy, that a program reads when it starts.
Where is Environment variable taught?
Environment variable is defined in Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work, Node.js: Build the Back End and APIs and Docker and Kubernetes for Beginners.
Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring WorkNode.js: Build the Back End and APIsDocker and Kubernetes for Beginners
Which lessons cover Environment variable?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work, lesson 4.3: Send Safely: A Rehearsal Switch and a Local Test Server
- Node.js: Build the Back End and APIs, lesson 6.1: Keep settings and secrets out of the code
- Docker and Kubernetes for Beginners, lesson 2.3: Give Containers Settings With Environment Variables
Which terms are related to Environment variable?
Next to Environment variable in the course glossaries: SMTP, HTML, .eml file, CSS selector, Attachment, API, Template, JSON, Origin and CORS and Rate limit.
SMTPHTML.eml fileCSS selectorAttachmentAPITemplateJSONOrigin and CORSRate limit
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Environment variable?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner and intermediate level:
- Python Automation: Make the Computer Do Your Boring Work: Basic Python: variables, if statements, for loops, lists, dictionaries, f-strings and small functions. Lesson 3 of module 1 has a five-minute check.
- Node.js: Build the Back End and APIs: Basic JavaScript: variables, functions, objects, arrays, conditions and loops.
- Docker and Kubernetes for Beginners: You can open a terminal (PowerShell, Command Prompt, Terminal or a Linux shell) and run simple commands such as cd and ls or dir.