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Component library

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

nounCommon term

In software engineering, component library means: A collection of reusable UI components that teams use to build screens with consistent behavior, styling, and accessibility.

In Turkish: bileşen kütüphanesi

How it is used

Common in front-end and design system work. It may include buttons, forms, dialogs, documentation, themes, and usage guidelines.

Example sentences

  1. The new checkout page shipped faster because the team reused cards, inputs, and modals from the component library.

    Here the library saves development time by providing ready-made interface pieces instead of building each element again.

  2. Design asked us to update the component library first, so future apps would inherit the corrected spacing rules.

    In this example, changing the shared library spreads a UI fix consistently across many products that depend on it.

Common collocations

  • shared component library
  • component library documentation
  • component library update
  • front endThe part of a website or web app that users see and interact with in the browser, built mainly with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
  • libraryA collection of ready-made code that other programs can use, so that developers don't have to write common things like date handling or HTTP requests themselves.

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