I prefer to data drive the application with settings stored in a database, XML, or registry. I generally provide some type of configuration form that the user can use to change things.


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>Based on your programming experiences, which is better to make use of hard coding or using switches? From what I've noticed, hard coding is much lighter and requires less code since it is more direct. Switches on the other hand are more flexible and requires less maintenance.
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>Any opinion on this?