Re: Any estimate of YAML usage for existing programs' config files?

James,

I think a lot of us are using it for bespoke applications and Websites;
stuff that clients are waiting for, want ³comprehensible² configuration (as
one client of mine put it, dissing his current XML-centric app) that doesn¹t
add significantly to the cost/schedule for development but does give
flexibility and ease of maintenance/modification. I¹ve run across several
projects that make use of Spyc for PHP, which I enthused over in a blog post
a few weeks back at
http://archlever.blogspot.com/2009/11/reuse-renew-recycle-data-structures.ht
ml.

I¹d say an overall grand total of around 20 apps and sites I¹ve seen using
it, of which most have been in the last 12-18 months.

Hope this helps.

Jeff


On 6/1/10 23:46 , "James Fisher" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> 
> I've recently fallen head-over-heels in love with YAML.  Specifically, I'm
> thinking of configuration files -- I hate the non-standardization and
> slightly-different-syntax configuration files that exist for thousands of
> programs.  I've gobbled it up for my own teensy projects.
> 
> But AFAIK, the usage/take-up of it seems way out of kilter with how much it
> promises and how much talk there is of it around.  I've tried to find a list
> of //significant// applications that use YAML for config.  The only ones I can
> find are:
> 
> * RoR (barely worth mentioning)
> * Symfony
> * Python App Engine
> 
> So, my questions: are there others?  If not, why not?  Is there a single
> example of an existing application that has made an effort to switch its
> config syntax to YAML?  Within the context of configuration files, is there a
> significant competitor to YAML with the promise of standardization?
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> 
> James Fisher.

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