Wet Principle vs DRY Principle

Developers should apply the Wet Principle when working on projects where requirements are evolving rapidly or when the cost of premature abstraction (e meets developers should apply the dry principle to reduce code duplication, which simplifies maintenance, debugging, and updates by ensuring changes only need to be made in one place. Here's our take.

Wet Principle

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Developers should apply the Wet Principle when working on projects where requirements are evolving rapidly or when the cost of premature abstraction (e

Pros

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• Related to: dry-principle, refactoring

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

DRY Principle

Developers should apply the DRY principle to reduce code duplication, which simplifies maintenance, debugging, and updates by ensuring changes only need to be made in one place

Pros

• It is particularly useful in large-scale projects, refactoring efforts, and when building reusable components or libraries to enhance consistency and efficiency
• Related to: software-design-patterns, code-refactoring

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

These tools serve different purposes. Wet Principle is a methodology while DRY Principle is a concept. We picked Wet Principle based on overall popularity, but your choice depends on what you're building.

The Bottom Line

Wet Principle wins

Based on overall popularity. Wet Principle is more widely used, but DRY Principle excels in its own space.