codereuse
nounUK /ˈkəʊd riːˌjuːz/
US /ˈkoʊd riˌjuz/
Using the same computer instructions again instead of writing new ones.
The team saved time through codereuse by sharing their helper functions.
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2. The practice of building new programs from parts of old ones.
Codereuse helped them launch the app faster.
3. A strategy in software engineering to avoid repeating work.
Good codereuse keeps projects small and tidy.
4. Reusing a block of instructions in more than one place.
She taught the class about codereuse with a simple loop.