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Ok, here's a new one that I can't find a definition for on the NET.
I'm reading an article at
http://www.dotnetjohn.com/articles.aspx?articleid=72 which mentions writing
'bespoke code'.

Anyone know what this is?

Thanks,
Marc Miller
Jul 21 '05 #1
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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
"Marc Miller" <mm****@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Ok, here's a new one that I can't find a definition for on the NET.
I'm reading an article at
http://www.dotnetjohn.com/articles.aspx?articleid=72 which mentions
writing
'bespoke code'.

Anyone know what this is?

Thanks,
Marc Miller

Jul 21 '05 #2
Charles,

Thank you. Quite an elegant explanation. I appreciate your response.

Marc

"Charles Law" <bl***@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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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
"Marc Miller" <mm****@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
Ok, here's a new one that I can't find a definition for on the NET.
I'm reading an article at
http://www.dotnetjohn.com/articles.aspx?articleid=72 which mentions
writing
'bespoke code'.

Anyone know what this is?

Thanks,
Marc Miller


Jul 21 '05 #3
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.

"Marc Miller" <mm****@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
Ok, here's a new one that I can't find a definition for on the NET.
I'm reading an article at
http://www.dotnetjohn.com/articles.aspx?articleid=72 which mentions
writing
'bespoke code'.

Anyone know what this is?

Thanks,
Marc Miller

Jul 21 '05 #4
Scott M. <s-***@nospam.nospam> wrote:
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.


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.

--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.com>
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
If replying to the group, please do not mail me too
Jul 21 '05 #5
"Bespoke" is just old school terminology for "custom".

Go Google - define:bespoke.

Richard
Jul 21 '05 #6

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