Storing the configuration in JSON or YAML files

We can store configuration values in JSON or YAML files with relative ease. The syntax is designed to be user-friendly. While we can represent a wide variety of things in YAML, we're somewhat restricted to representing a narrower variety of object classes in JSON. We can use a JSON configuration file that is similar to the following code:

{ 
    "table":{ 
        "dealer":"Hit17", 
        "split":"NoResplitAces", 
        "decks":6, 
        "limit":50, 
        "payout":[3,2] 
    }, 
    "player":{ 
        "play":"SomeStrategy", 
        "betting":"Flat", 
        "rounds":100, 
        "stake":50 
    }, 
    "simulator":{ 
        "samples":100, 
   ...