I'm sorry, but this is still not very clear to me. What do configSections do?
It sounds like they tell the compiler to look for other sections within
web.config - is that correct? But if that is true, then why don't I need
configSections for all my other web.config elements?
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> Based on my understanding, what we concern about now is the purpose of
> configSections element in our Web.config file. If I have misunderstood,
> please let me know. These declarations in the configSections element enable
> us to configure ASP.NET applications that can be used by AJAX-enabled
> clients, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) clients (SOAP clients), and
> .NET Framework clients.
>
> * Enabling ASP.NET application services through the authenticationService,
> roleService, and profileService elements.
> * Configuring the script handler through the enableCompression and
> enableCaching attributes of the scriptResourceHandler element.
> * Configuring JSON serialization through the jsonSerialization element.
>
> See this document: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb546044.aspx.
> We can delete them, if we do not configure about these features.
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> To know more general information about the ASP.NET configuration file,
> please refer this document
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms228256.aspx.
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