Work in progress

SimplerSettings

Simple library for reading app.config/web.config appSettings section.

Why not just use ConfigurationManager?

1. Diagnostics: "Foo setting is not set." exception message instead of getting null.
2. Some basic parsing out of the box. Also with diagnostics: "Foo setting should be valid boolean, but was 'not-bool'.".

OK, how do I use it?

Install it:

Install-Package SimplerSettings

Import it:

using SimplerSettings;

Get some settings:

// get your setting

AppSetting setting = AppSettings.Get("SomeSetting");

// check if you found anything

var isSettingSet = setting.IsSet;

// convert it

var stringValue = setting.Value;
var intValue = setting.AsInt();
var boolValue = setting.AsBool();

// or just implicitly cast it

string someString = setting;
int someInt = setting;
bool someBool = setting;