Timeline for Is using something other than XML advisable for my configuration file?
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| Jun 29, 2019 at 10:53 | history | protected | gnat | ||
| Jun 29, 2019 at 10:44 | answer | added | juhist | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 1, 2013 at 11:41 | comment | added | sakisk | What about INI files? They are the most common way of configuring applications in both Windows and UNIX-like systems. | |
| Oct 1, 2013 at 9:16 | answer | added | artbristol | timeline score: 6 | |
| Nov 12, 2012 at 17:16 | comment | added | Earlz | @GrandmasterB it's what would bridge together a console application a web application. The console application would use it on each run, the web application would load it often, but I planned on loading it only once and then stuffing it into MongoDB so that querying and searching is easy | |
| Nov 12, 2012 at 16:53 | comment | added | GrandmasterB | How often is the config file read? Just on program/service startup? Or is this something read with each web page load? The performance needs would impact your choice in format. | |
| Nov 12, 2012 at 15:11 | answer | added | mike30 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 12, 2012 at 8:28 | comment | added | Pieter B | @Earlz and if needed the end-user should find it easily editable. However, it also will contain a lot of things in it. (depending on certain factors, could be 1Mb or more). You can't have your cake and eat it. 1MB files are by definition not easily editable. Either it's a database(even if small), and then SQL-lite is a good option or it's a config file(you shouldn't have 1MB of config). | |
| Nov 12, 2012 at 5:23 | answer | added | sawa | timeline score: 12 | |
| Nov 12, 2012 at 4:58 | comment | added | Earlz | @sawa actually I've never heard of YAML. It looks rather interesting | |
| Nov 12, 2012 at 4:08 | comment | added | sawa | Why are you not considering YAML? I think YAML is the best fit. | |
| Nov 12, 2012 at 2:24 | vote | accept | Earlz | ||
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| Nov 12, 2012 at 2:12 | comment | added | Earlz | @MattDavey I'm not talking about a "global" configuration, but rather a config file per project type thing. (similar to say Visual Studio Solutions or some such) | |
| Nov 12, 2012 at 2:12 | history | edited | Earlz | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 91 characters in body |
| Nov 11, 2012 at 16:40 | answer | added | Doc Brown | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 11, 2012 at 12:59 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackProgrammer/status/267612530195693568 | ||
| Nov 11, 2012 at 11:01 | answer | added | Sergey Kalinichenko | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 11, 2012 at 9:09 | answer | added | DeveloperDon | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 11, 2012 at 8:56 | comment | added | MattDavey | Configuration in .NET is a mature and well understood process... why re-invent the wheel? | |
| Nov 11, 2012 at 8:50 | answer | added | QAH | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 11, 2012 at 8:38 | history | asked | Earlz | CC BY-SA 3.0 |