DRY principle

E97054
software development principle software engineering guideline

The DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) principle is a software development guideline that emphasizes reducing repetition by centralizing logic and data to improve maintainability and reduce errors.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
DRY principle canonical 3
Don’t Repeat Yourself 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf software development principle ⓘ
software engineering guideline ⓘ
abbreviation DRY ⓘ
aimsTo improve consistency ⓘ
improve maintainability ⓘ
reduce errors ⓘ
simplify changes ⓘ
appliesTo build scripts ⓘ
configuration management ⓘ
database schemas ⓘ
documentation ⓘ
source code ⓘ
test cases ⓘ
canBeViolatedBy copy-paste programming ⓘ
duplicated business rules ⓘ
duplicated configuration values ⓘ
canLeadTo over-abstraction if misapplied ⓘ
contrastedWith WET code ⓘ
shotgun surgery ⓘ
encourages abstraction ⓘ
centralizing business logic ⓘ
centralizing configuration ⓘ
centralizing validation rules ⓘ
modular design ⓘ
reuse of code ⓘ
single source of truth ⓘ
focusesOn reducing duplication of code ⓘ
reducing duplication of data ⓘ
reducing duplication of logic ⓘ
fullName DRY principle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Don’t Repeat Yourself
helpsWith avoiding divergence of duplicated logic ⓘ
improving readability ⓘ
improving testability ⓘ
reducing bug surface area ⓘ
reducing maintenance cost ⓘ
isMentionedIn software engineering literature ⓘ
isUsedIn API design ⓘ
functional programming ⓘ
object-oriented programming ⓘ
procedural programming ⓘ
web application development ⓘ
originatedIn software engineering community ⓘ
relatedTo KISS principle ⓘ
Single Responsibility Principle ⓘ
YAGNI principle ⓘ
code reuse ⓘ
refactoring ⓘ
supports clean architecture ⓘ
domain-driven design ⓘ
layered architecture ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Django → designGoal → DRY principle ⓘ
The Pragmatic Programmer → hasConcept → DRY principle ⓘ
DRY principle → fullName → DRY principle self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Don’t Repeat Yourself
David Thomas → notableConcept → DRY principle ⓘ