Python comes with a handy module called ConfigParser. It’s good for creating and reading configuration files (aka INI files). However, Michael Foord (author of IronPython in Action) and Nicola Larosa decided to write their own configuration module called ConfigObj. In many ways, it is an improvement over the standard library’s module. When I first looked at ConfigObj’s home page, I thought it was well documented, but it didn’t seem to have any fully functional snippets. Since I learn from docs plus examples, I found it harder to get started using ConfigObj when the examples were unavailable. When I started writing this article, I was unaware that Michael Foord has already written his own tutorial on the subject; but I had made a promise that I would write my own, so that is what you will get to read today! (more…)