What Is Vanilla Code?

Definition

Vanilla code is source code [→] that has close to zero dependencies on a framework [→] or library [→].

Vanilla code can also be used to refer to code that can run as is without needing to be transpilled [→].

Example

✅ Wrap📋
01: import requests 
02: URL = "https://example.com"
03: r = requests.get(URL) 
04: print(r.content) 

Instead of writing their code to perform the request the author of the Python code above imports the requests module/library which contains pre-written code for making external requests.

✅ Wrap📋
01: 
02: // Typescript
03: function adder(a: number, b: number) {
04:     return a + b;
05: }
06: 
07: // Javascript
08: "use strict";
09: function adder(a, b) {
10:     return a + b;
11: }

In this example, we have our code in Typescript [↗] this is later transpilled [→] down to vanilla Javascript [↗].

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