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On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 4:11 PM, Amias Channer <something at amias.org.uk> wrote:
> How about external links between two servers using REST,AJAX etc....
>
> Obviously it would be nice to derive that from some kind of config
> variable in central location but you will need to test the interaction
> at some point.
>
> Also how about if you use images.foo.com , www.foo.com  , script.foo.com
> flash.foo.com as some people do.

We're using java with some config in properties files, using key/value
pairs like this:

server.flash=flash.site.com
server.images=images.site.com
server.script=script.site.com

You could have server.flash.live, server.flash.dev in one properties
file, or separate dev and live properties files, and then have your
build process use the right file in the right environment.

You'd do something similar with yaml files in RoR, I expect. Either
way, you really shouldn't have hostnames hardcoded in your application
code.

Tim