Hi 
I would like very much to know in which configuration files does Dash store information about which apps are pinned, please.
GNOME doesn’t use configuration files, but dconf. You can use gsettings to view and modify its values. Dconf Editor is GUI for dconf. I don’t remember the key now, but you should find it by searching for pinned-apps
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As @tragivictoria already mentioned, pinned apps are configured via gsettings/dconf, not config files.
More precisely, it’s the following schema/key:
$ gsettings get org.gnome.shell favorite-apps
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Thank you very much, it’s valuable to know that.
However, dconf probably has configuration or data files, to store all its keys.
If they are not located in the user directory, it is even more important to know this, so as not to forget them when backing up.
They are located in ~/.config/dconf, but to access it you need to use gsettings.
Also, if you want to back up your dconf settings, I recommend setting those you explicitly want to have. Take a look at my script for how I do it Making sure you're not a bot!
FYI: its a little outdated, since I didn’t pushed my changes yesterday, but you’re gonna get general idea
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There are still things GNOME uses configuration files for, such as monitors.xml for configuring displays.
Yes, but its minority
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