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DRY Principle

DRY means: Don't Repeat Yourself.

The DRY code philosophy is stated as Every piece of knowledge must have a single, unambiguous, authoritative representation within a system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRY_code

External Links

• http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/html/ch04s02.html
• http://www.artima.com/intv/dry3.html
• http://blogs.msdn.com/steverowe/archive/2008/05/15/design-principle-don-t-repeat-yourself.aspx
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_repeat_yourself
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRY_code

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