Like A Duck to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoWhat is the best file format for configuration file?message-square60fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down12
arrow-up140arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the best file format for configuration file?Like A Duck to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-square@emptyother@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoI’m no fan of XML. It looks messy and the schema is difficult to write, imo. XML works best as a markup language. YAML could have been okay if it were stricter with what they consider strings, and used tabs instead of spaces.
minus-square@atzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoUsing whitespace was a mistake. I know all the kids love it but it’s just wrong. I’ve never had as much difficulty explaining json or xml to users as I have yaml.
I’m no fan of XML. It looks messy and the schema is difficult to write, imo. XML works best as a markup language.
YAML could have been okay if it were stricter with what they consider strings, and used tabs instead of spaces.
Using whitespace was a mistake. I know all the kids love it but it’s just wrong. I’ve never had as much difficulty explaining json or xml to users as I have yaml.