Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fluent interface

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: flu-en-t in-ter-face
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An object-oriented application programming interface whose design relies extensively on chaining methods together, with the aim of improving code legibility.

Etymology

Coined in 2005 by Eric Evans and Martin Fowler.

Inflected Forms

fluent interfaces (plural)

Questions

What does fluent interface mean?: An object-oriented application programming interface whose design relies extensively on chaining methods together, with the aim of improving code legibility.
Where does fluent interface come from?: Coined in 2005 by Eric Evans and Martin Fowler.

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