Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to softcode
Participle: softcoded
Gerund: softcoding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | softcode |
| you | softcode |
| he;she;it | softcodes |
| we | softcode |
| you | softcode |
| they | softcode |
Perfect
| I | have softcoded |
| you | have softcoded |
| he;she;it | has softcoded |
| we | have softcoded |
| you | have softcoded |
| they | have softcoded |
Past
| I | softcoded |
| you | softcoded |
| he;she;it | softcoded |
| we | softcoded |
| you | softcoded |
| they | softcoded |
Pluperfect
| I | had softcoded |
| you | had softcoded |
| he;she;it | had softcoded |
| we | had softcoded |
| you | had softcoded |
| they | had softcoded |
Future
| I | will softcode |
| you | will softcode |
| he;she;it | will softcode |
| we | will softcode |
| you | will softcode |
| they | will softcode |
Future Perfect
| I | will have softcoded |
| you | will have softcoded |
| he;she;it | will have softcoded |
| we | will have softcoded |
| you | will have softcoded |
| they | will have softcoded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | softcode |
| you | softcode |
| he;she;it | softcode |
| we | softcode |
| you | softcode |
| they | softcode |
Perfect
| I | have softcoded |
| you | have softcoded |
| he;she;it | have softcoded |
| we | have softcoded |
| you | have softcoded |
| they | have softcoded |
Imperfect
| I | softcoded |
| you | softcoded |
| he;she;it | softcoded |
| we | softcoded |
| you | softcoded |
| they | softcoded |
Pluperfect
| I | had softcoded |
| you | had softcoded |
| he;she;it | had softcoded |
| we | had softcoded |
| you | had softcoded |
| they | had softcoded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would softcode |
| you | would softcode |
| he;she;it | would softcode |
| we | would softcode |
| you | would softcode |
| they | would softcode |
Perfect
| I | would have softcoded |
| you | would have softcoded |
| he;she;it | would have softcoded |
| we | would have softcoded |
| you | would have softcoded |
| they | would have softcoded |
Imperative
| you | softcode |
| we | Let's softcode |
| you | softcode |
Verbs conjugated like 'softcode'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'softcode'
outcode,
postcode,
outcome,
outmode,
postcede,
softload,
softlock,
softscape,
softsoap,
topcode,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From soft + code, modelled on earlier hard code.
Sample Sentences
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Keep things soft (as in softcoding) wherever possible. Visit a lawyer and make 'parameterisation' your middle name; it'll sound good at parties, and changes to the system will be far less painful. [1992, John W. O. Brinkworth, Software quality management: a pro-active approach, →ISBN:]
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1997, Barbara L. Maia Goldstein, Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, Plug and play software for agile manufacturing, SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering
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Best of breed component approaches are better supported because of the softcoding of much of the factory model and integration logic.
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I have used this technique to build very flexible code generators, softcoded calculation engines for users, and much more. [1999, Steven Feuerstein, Oracle PL/SQL Programming: Guide to Oracle8i Features, O'Reilly Media, Inc., →ISBN, page 76:]
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[…] you will need to consider the business requirements first, and only then encode them in your application. Let's discuss two approaches to this: the traditional “hardcoded” technique and the “softcoded” rules-based approach. [2004, Dave Minter, Jeff Linwood, Building Portals with the Java Portlet API, Apress, →ISBN, page 289:]
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Given the rationale for softcoding, it is clear that you should softcode attributes that may not be known until run time. For simplicity and improved performance, you can hardcode attributes that are certain. [2010, Michael Blaha, Patterns of Data Modeling, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 175:]