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i'm interested in peoples' views on how best store preferences , default settings in cross-platform applications.
i work in node.js , perl on *nix , windows i'm interested in bigger picture.
in *nix world "dotfiles" (and directories) common system-wide or application default settings residing in 1 path , user-specific settings in home directory. such files , dirs begin dot "." , hidden default directory listings.
windows has registry has paths defaults , per-user overrides.
certain cross-platform apps own way, firefox uses javascript preference files.
should cross-platform app use 1 system across platforms or dotfiles on *nix , registry on windows? favourite programming language have library or module accessing them in standard way? there emerging best practice or roll own?
what storing in db? cluster-friendly , has been working great us. in last job used store them in directory server.
java has support in form of preferences api.
i not .net guy think have user profiles.
python specific discussion: what's official way of storing settings python programs?
ruby on rails: rails: best practice store user settings?
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