Application Configuration
With ASP.NET, configuration files are stored along with other files—such as data files, Web pages, and executable files—within a single directory. The beauty of this is that simply copying the directory is all that a user or administrator needs to do. You don’t need to locate and move any extra files to make an application work.
The configuration files, always called config.web, are editable in any standard text editor and are human-readable. A user or administrator can easily update or alter the config.web file with a text editor, XML parser, or scripting language. These updates are immediately detected by the system, which is another great feature because it eliminates the need to reboot the system or restart the ...
Get Special Edition Using® Microsoft® ASP.NET now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
