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I used to think that using XML was history... How wrong can one be :/

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  • 3
    Use cases that i know - spring config, android ui, pom.xml
  • 1
    I would just know that Maven uses that shit, and some silly web server too
  • 2
    The worst thing is if you have to remember the XML syntax for a specifig Problem, because it is going to be a question in your next Test..
  • 5
    whats wrong with xml?
    as long as you have the schema and a decent text editor with auto-completion and code folding, it's pretty straight forward. also bonus points for zen coding.
  • 0
    @timihg Actually nothing wrong with it because of autocompletion and copy+paste. It's just too verbose IMO and looks uggly as hell.
  • 1
    @arantr
    true, but what other options are out there? usually i prefer json for data exchange and configuration as long as the data is not too large and complicated. transforming json to xml is also a trivial task, in most cases.
  • 1
    XML is used and will be used for a long time. It's industry standard to use XML when delivering music and video from labels to Apple, Google etc.
  • 0
    saml is using it
  • 0
    PHPUnit uses it, nothing wrong with it.
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