Am I the only C# develeoper who HATES web config files....?
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Yep. It's for a wrapper we use in all of our packaged software we deploy. Since we have to support 8 different platforms, it makes packaging and deploying software a bit ... complicated. Script support makes life a whole lot easier. Using an XML-based solution made parsing and syntax checking a piece of cake and I had to bang out a solution quickly. This also makes it easy for our QA and deployment tools to parse and check too.
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Lucky you weren't around when we were using the Registry....
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Try keeping up with INI files. :-\
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You're telling me about INI files? I've installed OS/2....
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You're telling me about INI files? I've installed OS/2....
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Bring back JCL!
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I am too young to even know what you're talking about... :~
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It's a lot simpler to understand than Powershell, especially for people who don't have a coding background.
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote:
Sometimes, code is easier.
I see the italics. But are you saying, "forget config files, let's use hard-coded" values?" :)
Yes, for simple use cases where the config never or seldomly changes. However, if you need to configure it on-the-fly or at install time, then config files are the way to go.
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Nope! Most definitely not the only one. Though, I did just get done writing an interpreter that executes fairly simple scripts written in XML.
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Dave KreskowiakDave Kreskowiak wrote:
executes fairly simple scripts written in XML.
Why? Why not use XSLT? :rolleyes:
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote:
executes fairly simple scripts written in XML.
Why? Why not use XSLT? :rolleyes:
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Because writing the XSD was bad enough! :-D
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Because writing the XSD was bad enough! :-D
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It's a lot simpler to understand than Powershell, especially for people who don't have a coding background.
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Dave KreskowiakMaybe you could share your little scripting language with an article on CP? Please?
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I am too young to even know what you're talking about... :~
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For those who are not (yet...) old farts, JCL was the Job Control Language used to set job parameters on IBM mainframes. It had a few variants, and so many options that most people got an expert to prepare the cards for them, and then re-used them for every job.
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Maybe you could share your little scripting language with an article on CP? Please?
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I don't know if I can get that written. I've got about a years worth of code to write and now have to do it inside of 4 months. :sigh:
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I don't know if I can get that written. I've got about a years worth of code to write and now have to do it inside of 4 months. :sigh:
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Dave Kreskowiak:rose::java:
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Or take a look at applicationHost.config (c:\windows\system32\inetsrv\config\) (machine level IIS config) Then, you'll feel like your web.config is small. It's all relative. :laugh: Here's a snippet to help you feel better:
raddevus wrote:
Or take a look at applicationHost.config
Oh, my eyes! My poor eyes! Point taken. ;) Marc
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For those who are not (yet...) old farts, JCL was the Job Control Language used to set job parameters on IBM mainframes. It had a few variants, and so many options that most people got an expert to prepare the cards for them, and then re-used them for every job.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill
Sounds good, let the experts handle our web config files so I never have to edit them again! :laugh:
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These files are a pain to work with, are full of meaningless gibberish, and we are expected to add this guff without any support from Visual Studio... Does anyone know every section and item that a web config file can hold?
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For those who are not (yet...) old farts, JCL was the Job Control Language used to set job parameters on IBM mainframes. It had a few variants, and so many options that most people got an expert to prepare the cards for them, and then re-used them for every job.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill
In the early 1980's I was a "Customer Engineer" and I wrote a CLIST (later REXX) program on TSO that gathered option choices and produced and submitted the JCL. Damn near drove me insane. I didn't end up in the funny farm but I can see from my window.
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These files are a pain to work with, are full of meaningless gibberish, and we are expected to add this guff without any support from Visual Studio... Does anyone know every section and item that a web config file can hold?
I certainly don't mind the idea of them (e.g. place to put connection strings and other straightforward config stuff), but I agree they are mysterious and verbose in other areas.
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For those who are not (yet...) old farts, JCL was the Job Control Language used to set job parameters on IBM mainframes. It had a few variants, and so many options that most people got an expert to prepare the cards for them, and then re-used them for every job.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack. --Winston Churchill
When I interned at IBM back in 1985, there was a room full of "Computer Operator"s staffed 24x7, whose primary job was to monitor looking for jobs that didn't run because of an error in the JCL used to submit it and then try to fix the JCL and resubmit. They kept very busy. The wife of one of my mentors there was the manager of that team.
