How to change from development mode to production mode in Weblogic 10.3?

Some of you have requested how to change Weblogic start up mode from DEV to production or vice versa. Actually it is very simple. One way to change it is, by simply editing setDomainEnv.cmd which resides in $root_domain/bin folder.

1. Look for the line that sets the PRODUCTION_MODE script variable: set PRODUCTION_MODE
Add false to the value of the PRODUCTION_MODE variable to ensure the server starts in development mode:
 Set true for starting in prod mode.

set PRODUCTION_MODE=false

2. Save your changes and exit the text editor.