What is the meaning of Boilerplate Code in computer programming?
Title What is the meaning of Boilerplate Code in computer programming? IntroductionI was reading about ASP.NET Scaffolding in a book and it describes the scaffolding as "Scaffolding is the process of generating boilerplate code based on your model classes." I thought for a while what this boilerplate code means. I have heard the term 'boilerplate code' several times but didn't know the actual meaning of it. So, I did a little Googling and tried to search for its meaning. I'm writing this article to share the same with all of you. Question of the DayOur lame question of the day is: What is the meaning of Boilerplate Code in computer programming? Boilerplate CodeThe term "boilerplate" originates from the printing industry in the early 1900s. It refers to a unit of text that can be re used again and again without any alteration. It is commonly used in product manuals, disclaimers, copyright statements, end-user license agreements and so on.Eventually, the idea applied to programming as in "boilerplate code". Boilerplate code is defined as the sections of code that must be included in many places with little or no alteration. The boilerplate code refers to the repetitive code that doesn't really contribute to the logic of the program, but is required by the language or framework. The most common example is the empty structure of an HTML page. It is present in nearly every web page and is considered boilerplate.
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