The configuration authoring experience remains one of the main challenges of .NET applications. Every time we need to create a new configuration files, we find ourselves going to MSDN or similar websites and trying to figure out the structure of different configuration sections and the sad thing is that we 

DO THIS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN :(

With TeleSharp, we addressed this problem by introducing the model and the tooling that drastically simplifies the experience of authoring configuration files.

When authoring a configuration file in TeleSharp, you can reuse existing configuration templates by just selecting from the list of available configuration sections as illustrated in the following figures.

It’s important to notice that TeleSharp already includes all the default .NET configuration sections and you can incorporate new configuration sections to that list.

After you add a section, you can edit it using a fully visually editor that provides full intelli-sense over the configuration sections. The following figures illustrate these concepts using a connection string section.

As you can see, you get full intelli-sense on your configuration files and you can reuse those sections across different components and applications.

Isn’t that sweet?

What do you think? Isn’t it easier to author .NET configuration files these way?

As always, remember that you can learn more about  TeleSharp at Tellago Studios website, check out the videos and request an evaluation copy.

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