Lexicon

Excessive Configuration

Kind: anti-pattern

Layer: Declarative Core

Record: lexicon:excessive-configuration

Canonical: Lexicon

Requiring explicit configuration for everything instead of relying on sensible conventions.

Listed in Lexicon terms, after Inconsistent Conventions and before Hardcoded Behavior.

Category

  • Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems

Negated by

  • Convention over Configuration

Linked from

  • Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems