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barrel files

barrel files is the plural of barrel file.

Meaning of barrel file

Noun

barrel file (plural barrel files)

  1. A JavaScript or TypeScript module which does nothing except import various files and then export them together, for the convenience of other developers who only need to know about and work with that single barrel file.
    • The first thing you want to do to build your framework is export the functions that you want to expose to the developer using it from the src/index.js barrel file. Whatever you export from this file makes the public API of the framework.2024, Ángel Sola Orbaiceta, Build a Frontend Web Framework (From Scratch), Shelter Island, N.Y.: Manning Publications Co., →ISBN, page 111

Questions about barrel files

What is barrel files the plural of?
Barrel files is the plural of barrel file.

Words near barrel files in the dictionary

  1. barrel distortion
  2. barrel drum
  3. barrel drums
  4. barrel fever
  5. barrel file
  6. barrel files
  7. barrel head
  8. barrel heads
  9. barrel helm
  10. barrel helms
  11. barrel hitch

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