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Library

Meaning in web development, with examples

/ˈlaɪbreri/nounCore term

In web development, library means: A collection of ready-made code that you add to a project and call when you need it, for example for dates, charts or animations.

In Turkish: kütüphane, library

How it is used

Developers install, import, update and replace libraries, often through npm. People describe a library as lightweight, well-maintained or abandoned, and talk about third-party libraries.

Example sentences

  1. We're using a charting library instead of drawing the graphs ourselves.

  2. That library hasn't been updated in three years, so let's find another one.

Common collocations

  • third-party library
  • install a library
  • UI library
  • lightweight library
  • frameworkA ready-made set of code, tools and rules for building applications, such as Angular, Vue, Next.js or Laravel, that shapes how a project is organized.
  • npmThe standard package manager for JavaScript and the online registry it installs packages from, used through commands such as npm install.
  • dependencyAn outside package or library that a project needs in order to work, listed in a file such as package.json.
  • componentA reusable, self-contained piece of a user interface, such as a button, modal or product card, with its own markup, styles and logic.

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