A Quick Guide to Sandboxes: The Instant Test & Preview Environments for Web Development

Sandboxes are isolated, full-stack environments that act as a run button for your repository. They provide a unique URL under which your app is running.

We’ve made them to replace the test, stage & preview servers. In short, teams get automatic test environments per feature or bugfix without managing the orchestration.

With them you can easily see the impact of the change before it goes to the production and get the fast feedback from your customers.

Key values

• Empower teams with end-to-end visibility throughout the development process
• PMs, Designers & Clients can interact with features in development and identify issues & provide feedback earlier
• Cross-team changes can be validated by connecting sandboxes to other services in co-development

Why Sandboxes are better than servers, droplets, or VMs

• Instantly sharable: you can share their URL for feedback without any or setup costs
• No configuration needed: Buddy automatically detects what’s in the repo and run a right stack without any configuration
• Insanely fast: Apps are run immediately
• NoOps: Sandboxes are created automatically for branches or Pull Requests. No more DevOps work required to set up environments
• Cost-effective: Isolation with full server features like root and terminal access at a fraction of the cost
• Disposable: Quick to run, quick to kill

Want to learn more? Check out the full guide here!