need a definition / bespoke code?

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Hi Marc

Code is bespoke if it is written specifically for a single client and or to
solve a specific, isolated problem. Thus, something like Microsoft Word is
not bespoke because it is sold off-the-shelf, and is therefore the opposite
of bespoke.

If a client employs you to write a program to transmit data from his widget
to his mainframe, then you could consider that code to be bespoke because it
would not be required by anyone else and you are creating it explicitly for
this one client.

HTH

Charles
 
It's a new one on me too. A Webopedia.com search on this returns many
unrelated results. I think this is a term the author used that means
something to him/her that he/she thought would be understood by others and
isn't. I don't think it is an actual technical term for a kind of code.
 
Scott M. said:
It's a new one on me too. A Webopedia.com search on this returns many
unrelated results. I think this is a term the author used that means
something to him/her that he/she thought would be understood by others and
isn't. I don't think it is an actual technical term for a kind of code.
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It's not particularly a coding term. Collins English Dictionary gives
the meaning for "bespoke" as "made to the customer's specifications".
It's usually applied to clothes, I believe, but I've heard it used in
computing circles. Admittedly I've more often heard of it in terms of
"bespoke applications" - namely, whole applications written for a
single task, for a single client, but I think the concept can fairly
easily be applied to code itself.
 
"Bespoke" is just old school terminology for "custom".

Go Google - define:bespoke.

Richard
 
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