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Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,322 Points

Internally data vs data in files

Hi,

I'm currently working on a project where I am storing all the data in a list, internally in the program, and the list will end up containing like 116 objects with 10-15 properties each.

Now I'm wondering if it would be better to store the data in a .csv or .json file (instead of storing that data internally) and then load the objects from the file on program start?

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saif ahmad
saif ahmad
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saif ahmad
saif ahmad
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A JSON file is a good and efficient way to store your data it is quite simple and well structured. I suggest you use it.

Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
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Yeah I know it a good way to store data, but my question was (might have been formulated poorly) if it is better to move the list with 116 objects into a file, or if it's fine to leave it in the code? :-)