http://blogs.divisibleprime.com/ronin/articles/2007/05/24/more-configuration-madness en-us 40 Stuff <p>The XML configuration madness <a href="http://jroller.com/page/Solomon?entry=compiling_xml_for_faster_startup">continues</a>. Serialised XML for application configuration? That can&#8217;t be good. </p> <p>I guess that the development process goes like this:</p> <ul> <li>Write config file in xml, test, change, test change.</li> <li>Serialise file</li> <li>Release to test environment.</li> <li>Discover problem</li> <li>Deserialise file, investigate.</li> <li>Edit source xml, test, change, test, change.</li> <li>Serialise file.</li> <li>Rinse, repeat.</li> </ul> <p>At some stage we&#8217;re all going to drown under the sea of xml configuration files piling up all around us.</p> Thu, 24 May 2007 19:09:00 +0100 urn:uuid:ba581ee9-df9a-4e3c-8946-223d80fc55dd Kerry http://blogs.divisibleprime.com/ronin/articles/2007/05/24/more-configuration-madness Tech Java java xml configuration configuration management http://blogs.divisibleprime.com/ronin/articles/trackback/876