Re:Never use a dependency that you could replace with an aft...
by hinkley on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @05:37PM
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You can also apply YAGNI to 'do we need our own custom parser'?
You don't know what your requirements are. The customers haven't told you yet.
If you pick a library with a straightforward interface, especially one that isn't too opinionated, you can always drop in a custom implementation later on. Frameworks, not so much (but that cuts both ways; the people who will write libraries often love writing frameworks too)
You don't know what your requirements are. The customers haven't told you yet.
If you pick a library with a straightforward interface, especially one that isn't too opinionated, you can always drop in a custom implementation later on. Frameworks, not so much (but that cuts both ways; the people who will write libraries often love writing frameworks too)