Visualizing Drupal's Configuration Management Process

The configuration management system in Drupal allows for configuration to be imported and exported between the file system and the database. This enables the management of configuration with version control and allows configuration to be shared across environments (e.g. dev, staging, prod). At its core, it is quite simple, but modern website development workflows and processes can quickly lead to edge cases, which if not handled carefully, can trip up even the most experienced developer and will surely confuse anyone new to Drupal.
Read more...