fluent
- adjective
- /ˈfluːənt/
- Specialized
- And also, here's how you can do the same using the fluent API:
Examples
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You know, it really sort of started as a tech-geeky kind of thing, and I still think that SEOs who are also developers or fluent with code have a bit of an edge.
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The family patriarch (a recent arrival in Salt Lake City from England) had been called by Brigham Young on a mission to lead a Danish settlement named Elsinore into a more fluent partnership with the other Utah colonies.
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Today's question is, Arrow Metro and Fluent are three iterations of which tech companies design language.
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Surely we don't expect every web developer, web designer, and content contributor to be fluent in accessibility.
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When Errai Data Binding is used together with Errai UI templates, you can skip the fluent API and simply declare "auto-bindings." Going back to the ItemForm example:
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The new library provides a fluent API that simplifies the process of building software applications.
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Using a fluent interface allows developers to write code that is easy to read and understand.
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This framework promotes a fluent style of programming, enabling method chaining for clearer code.
Compounds
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Talking that sounds normal but uses wrong words and makes understanding language hard
How Fluent
Surface Forms
Morphology
fluent = fluid (semi-transparent) = flu + ent
The programming sense is an extended metaphor (code that 'flows' or reads smoothly) derived from the general meaning; the morphology itself is Latin-derived.
Etymology
Fluent comes from the Latin fluere 'to flow', the same root as flow and fluid. In programming a fluent interface lets code 'flow' from one call to the next, so the code reads smoothly like a sentence.