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Before you begin deploying applications based on the .NET framework, you need to decide how your organisation will manage common application settings. To promote code reuse and application ...

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App.config and Web.config files are a great way to add flexibility to your .NET application without having to modify code in the future. They also allow clients or end users to make configuration ...