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CSS CSS Layout Box Model Concepts Quiz: Box Model Concepts

Posted by Bishwajit Roy
Bishwajit Roy
963 Points

the DRY principle means Don’t ------Yourself.

When developing, the DRY principle means Don’t Yourself.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,783 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,783 Points

This is a very common programming axiom: "Don't Repeat Yourself".

It means you should avoid writing the same code lines multiple times when you can avoid it, often by making use of a function and/or loop. In this case, it's about making CSS rules apply to the same target(s).

The definition and example come from :hourglass: this point of the "max-width" video.