When you need to convert an existing .NET Framework Console application to .NET Core, there's one pending question that is kept being asked. Can you still use the System.Configuration and App.config (XML) configuration instead of using the new Appsettings.json file instead? There's always a need for a most robust configuration file and with JSON, it offers more flexibility and scalability but it doesn't make sense to use it for a console application that only need to read one or two values … [Continue reading]
