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to functionalize

to functionalize

8.0
Rewrite code to split it into small parts that each do one job
  • verb
  • /ˈfʌŋkʃənəˌlaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : funcionalizar
  • The team decided to functionalize the old codebase to improve maintainability and readability.

Examples

  • After you functionalize this section, it will be easier to test and reuse.

  • We need to functionalize this module for better performance.

  • Many developers prefer to functionalize their code to follow modern programming standards.

  • Have you functionalized the code yet?

  • The team decided to functionalize the old codebase to improve maintainability and readability.

  • After you functionalize this section, it will be easier to test and reuse.

  • Many developers prefer to functionalize their code to follow modern programming standards.

Synonyms

refactor
vsto functionalize
  • Specialized
1 6.9

A change to computer code that makes it cleaner and easier to understand without changing what it does

is a targeted rewrite that creates many small reusable operations
to modularize
vsto functionalize
  • Specialized
1 7.0

To divide something into smaller parts to make it easier to manage

focuses on splitting into many small reusable operations rather than larger parts

How Functional

to functionalize
  • Specialized
8.0
to modularize
  • Specialized
1 7.0
refactor
  • Specialized
1 6.9
to rewrite
112 2.8
tweak
28 3.9

Surface Forms

functionalize infinitive
functionalized past
functionalized past participle
functionalizing present participle
functionalizes third person singular

Morphology

functionalize = functional (transparent) = function + al + ize

The verb is formed by adding '-ize' to 'functional'; while the sense is specialized to programming, the morphological derivation 'make functional' is direct.

Etymology

Functionalize also fits how programmers use function for a small piece of code that does a job, with -ize meaning 'to make'. So to functionalize code is to 'make parts into functions', which makes the code easier to reuse and test.