💡 What does DRY stand for?
DRY stand for Don't Repeat Yourself, a basic principle of software development aimed at reducing repetition of information.
👤 Origination
The principle has been formulated by Andy Hunt and Dave Thomas in their book The Pragmatic Programmer. It is stated as "Every piece of knowledge must have a single, unambiguous, authoritative representation within a system".
⭐ Why DRY?
- Write code once, use it often.
- Change code in one place, see the change in all instances.
- Less code is good: It saves time and effort, is easy to maintain, and also reduces the chances of bugs.
DRY Violations
- Writing/ Copying and pasting the same code or logic again and again.
💡 How to DRY?
- Divide your code and logic into smaller reusable units and use that code by calling it where you want.
- Put business rules, long expressions, if statements, math formulas, metadata, etc. in only one place.
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