February 13th, 2023 × #configfiles#webdev#javascript
Save us from Config File Hell
Wes and Scott discuss config files in web development projects - how they are necessary but can clutter your codebase. They talk through different formats like JSON, JavaScript and YAML, tools to hide/organize them, and ideas for standardization.
Wes Bos Host
Scott Tolinski Host
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about what you can do to better organize your config files.
Show Notes
- 00:21 Welcome
- 02:20 Electric car ski tripping
- 05:01 Why config files?
- 07:47 Custom Vite config files
- Wes' Vite config
define: {
__VERSION__: JSON.stringify(process.env.npm_package_version),
},
- 11:16 Node has failed us
- 13:30 Cosmic config
- Cosmiconfig
- 16:46 File nesting
- 21:01 Standardize on a format
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