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Copy-and-paste programming

Copy-and-paste programming, sometimes referred to as just pasting, is the production of highly repetitive computer programming code, as produced by copy and paste operations. It is primarily a pejorative term; those who use the term are often implying a lack of programming competence and ability to create abstractions. It may also be the result of…

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Copy-and-paste programming

Nodes43
Edges42
Triples31
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.046512
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Copy-and-paste programming

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related to Repetitive tasks or variations of a task · 9
Copy-and-paste programming → Bug, Each, Harmful, One, Scores, Such, The, This, Under
related to Origins · 8
Copy-and-paste programming → As, Cargo, Copy-and-paste, Inexperienced, Internet, See, TAs, The
related to Applying library code · 5
Copy-and-paste programming → Also, Being, Copying, In, This
related to Deliberate design choice · 4
Copy-and-paste programming → Copy-and-paste, In, This, Use

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code programming copy-and-paste also often copy new paste product use development libraries repetitive approach may branching using existing would tasks

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friends' or co-workers' codeinstance ofThe code often comes from disparate sources0.80text
Internet forumsinstance ofThe code often comes from disparate sources0.80text
open-source projectsinstance ofThe code often comes from disparate sources0.80text
code provided by the student's professors/TAsinstance ofThe code often comes from disparate sources0.80text
or computer science textbooksinstance ofThe code often comes from disparate sources0.80text
Copy-and-paste programmingrelated to Applying library codeCopying0.60section
Copy-and-paste programmingrelated to Applying library codeBeing0.60section
Copy-and-paste programmingrelated to Applying library codeIn0.60section
Copy-and-paste programmingrelated to Applying library codeThis0.60section
Copy-and-paste programmingrelated to Applying library codeAlso0.60section
Copy-and-paste programmingrelated to Deliberate design choiceCopy-and-paste0.60section
Copy-and-paste programmingrelated to Deliberate design choiceThis0.60section

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