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Re:Nginx just became the most used web server among the top ... by Osiris on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @01:20PM (#5986066)
IIS configurations are stored in web.config and other XML files that are easily editable.
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Re:Nginx just became the most used web server among the top ... by nahname on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @02:46PM (#5986666)
Nothing easy about editing a couple thousand line xml file. Especially when it's on the server and you have to do it with notepad.
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Re:Nginx just became the most used web server among the top ... by GFischer on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @03:36PM (#5987022)
It being on the server precludes opening an IDE?

That said, I agree that it would be better if it isn't a thousand lines, and maybe there are better options than XML.

The company I work for is a Microsoft shop (for now, switching to Java sadly), and I've edited a lot of web.configs in servers, sometimes using Notepad, and it wasn't much of a hassle (though I did have to research what to edit beforehand in some cases).

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Re:Nginx just became the most used web server among the top ... by thirsteh on Saturday July 06, 2013 @10:08PM (#6000765)
You have IDEs installed on your production servers...?
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Re:Nginx just became the most used web server among the top ... by Osiris on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @03:43PM (#5987065)
My comment was refuting the parent's comment that IIS needed a GUI because it used the Windows Registry to store configuration information.
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Re:Nginx just became the most used web server among the top ... by nawitus on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @03:34PM (#5987008)
Which is why IIS has a GUI tool to do it, and with .NET you can edit the configuration with a few lines of code.
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Re:Nginx just became the most used web server among the top ... by lmm on Thursday July 04, 2013 @06:32AM (#5990011)
Yes, because the registry is terrible. If the registry were any good, IIS configuration would use it, and you'd be able to programmatically reconfigure IIS, or any other program, in a standard registry-based way.
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