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The lost art of XML — mmagueta (marcosmagueta.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Kissaki@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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There exists a peculiar amnesia in software engineering regarding XML. Mention it in most circles and you will receive knowing smiles, dismissive waves, the sort of patronizing acknowledgment reserved for technologies deemed passé. "Oh, XML," they say, as if the very syllables carry the weight of obsolescence. "We use JSON now. Much cleaner."

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[–] faint_marble_noise@programming.dev 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

XML is not great for user interfaces at all.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Eh, I don't think it's the be-all and end-all of describing user interfaces, but it deals well with the deep nesting that UIs generally have, and the attributes allow throwing in metadata for certain elements, which is also something you frequently need in UIs.

At the very least, JSON, YAML, INI and TOML would be a lot worse.

[–] faint_marble_noise@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, from my experience working with android xml guis is soul crushing. While QML is much more pleasant, and it is kinda like json, but not quite.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yeah, fair enough. I was thinking in terms of the more general-purpose text formats. I have heard good things about QML, too...