Questions tagged [libraries]
A library is a collection of resources providing data and/or services for developing independent software.
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Should HTTP clients be encapsulated in a C#/.NET library?
I have a C# library that contains all the logic to send requests to a remote endpoint, including marshalling/unmarshalling and encrypting/decrypting requests and responses. It contains an HttpClient ...
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Who first defined a "library" as software you call and a "framework" as software that calls you?
The distinction between "library" and "framework" is said to be that you call a library but a framework calls you. "Hollywood principle" and "inversion of control&...
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How to extract code into library allowing changes without workflow overhead
Imagine I have many (micro)services each in a separate git repository. Some business logic code is redundant in all of them. If I need to change the logic I would have to change every project, which ...
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Writing public libraries: Should I let the consumer of the library enforce thread safety?
I'm writing a .NET library which exposes certain public APIs. Currently, I have not enforced thread safety in my library for following reasons apparent to me: locks (Monitor.Enter and Monitor.Exit) ...
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Node Services and Enum Sharing
I will get to the question in a minute.... We have 2 in house services that either have an API contract between the 2 that involves an enum or the enum value is stored in a shared database. I don't ...
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Is trunk-based development viable for SDK development?
Is trunk-based development (TBD) viable for development of software where versioning, compatibility, long term support and service level agreements (SLA) play a big role for business (e.g. libraries, ...
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Appropriate design pattern for providing a default Argparse instance, eliminating boilerplate
I'm using argparse.ArgumentParser extensively; however, it comes with a lot of boilerplate to set up, and this is especially noticeable when you've got more than a few common arguments that probably ...
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Options for designing a generic library
During development of libraries (mainly for use in internal projects) I have come across the "problem" of how to design them in a generic way. I am going to demonstrate with an example ...
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