YAML Pitfalls to Avoid

The YAML configuration language sits at the heart of many modern applications, including Kubernetes and Ansible, writes Serdar Yegulalp.

“YAML offers many advantages, like readability, flexibility, and the ability to work with JSON files. But YAML is also a source of pitfalls and gotchas for the uninitiated or incautious,” Yegulalp says.

This article outlines seven steps you can take to avoid pesky pitfalls in YAML, including: 

• When in doubt, quote strings
• Beware of multiline strings
• Beware of Booleans

Read more at InfoWorld.

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