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  2. Don't repeat yourself - Wikipedia

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    Don't repeat yourself. " Don't repeat yourself " (DRY) is a principle of software development aimed at reducing repetition of information which is likely to change, replacing it with abstractions that are less likely to change, or using data normalization which avoids redundancy in the first place. The DRY principle is stated as "Every piece of ...

  3. Copy-and-paste programming - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Roblox - Wikipedia

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    Roblox (/ ˈroʊblɒks / ROH-bloks) is an online game platform and game creation system developed by Roblox Corporation that allows users to program and play games created by themselves or other users. Created by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel in 2004 and released in 2006, the platform hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in the ...

  5. Lua (programming language) - Wikipedia

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    Lua is cross-platform software, since the interpreter of compiled bytecode is written in ANSI C, [4] and Lua has a relatively simple C application programming interface (API) to embed it into applications. [5] Lua originated in 1993 as a language for extending software applications to meet the increasing demand for customization at the time.

  6. Glossary of video game terms - Wikipedia

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    Also isometric graphics. Graphic rendering technique of three-dimensional objects set in a two-dimensional plane of movement. Often includes games where some objects are still rendered as sprites. 360 no-scope A 360 no-scope usually refers to a trick shot in a first or third-person shooter video game in which one player kills another with a sniper rifle by first spinning a full circle and then ...

  7. Code reuse - Wikipedia

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    Code reuse. In software development (and computer programming in general), code reuse, also called software reuse, is the use of existing software, or software knowledge, to build new software, [1][2]: 7 following the reusability principles. Code reuse may be achieved by different ways depending on a complexity of a programming language chosen ...

  8. List of game engines - Wikipedia

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    Game content, including graphics, animation, sound, and physics, is authored in the 3D modeling and animation suite Blender [1] Blender Game Engine: C, C++: 2000 Python: Yes 2D, 3D Windows, Linux, macOS, Solaris: Yo Frankie!, Sintel The Game, ColorCube: GPL-2.0-or-later: 2D/3D game engine packaged in a 3D modelar with integrated Bullet physics ...

  9. List of open-source video games - Wikipedia

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    Simulation. Cart Life's Free License (permissive license) Cart Life's Free License (permissive license), Freeware. 2D. In March 2014 the source code and game was made available by Richard Hofmeier for free online, saying he was finished supporting the game. [4][5] Winner of the IGF 2013 award. [6] Mirrored on GitHub.