You are not limited to using the native user interface for managing data in custom settings, as demonstrated in Chapter 2. Custom settings can also be created, updated, and deleted using standard DML methods. This means you can build your own user interfaces for managing them, or use them to store frequently accessed, simple configuration values needed by your programs. Force.com provides increased performance for custom settings access versus ordinary database access, and custom settings are exempt from the governor limits placed on database access. For example, you might use a custom setting named Debug as a global switch to enable verbose logging within your Apex code.
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