General CS question about constants

Question

I\'m programming using C#, after programming on C. So I\'m using a lot of constants such as \"DEFAULT_USER_ID\", \"REMOTE_ADDRESS\" and such...

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Answer 1

Another alternative is to store constant values in a .config file, that way you do not need to recompile your application to change your values if needed. Depending on how your code is being deployed, it may or may not be appropriate to have your settings exposed as plain text. See this article for a simple example of using a .config file: http://www.developer.com/net/net/article.php/3396111/Using-Application-Configuration-Files-in-NET.htm