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Dependency

Meaning in web development, with examples

/dɪˈpendənsi/nounCommon term

In web development, dependency means: An outside package or library that a project needs in order to work, listed in a file such as package.json.

In Turkish: bağımlılık

How it is used

Developers add, install, update, pin and remove dependencies. Dev dependencies are needed only during development, and outdated dependencies are a common source of security warnings from npm audit.

Example sentences

  1. This project has over a thousand dependencies once you count the nested ones.

  2. Let's update the dependencies before we start the new feature.

Common collocations

  • install dependencies
  • update dependencies
  • dev dependency
  • outdated dependencies
  • dependency conflict
  • npmThe standard package manager for JavaScript and the online registry it installs packages from, used through commands such as npm install.
  • libraryA collection of ready-made code that you add to a project and call when you need it, for example for dates, charts or animations.
  • bundlerA tool that combines many JavaScript, CSS and other files and their dependencies into a few optimized files that browsers can load quickly.
  • buildThe automatic step that turns source code into files ready for production, for example by compiling, bundling and minifying them; also the result of that step.

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