A Wordnik definition for a word I use a lot `Programmatically`
A fun word I use a lot, but still need to Google to spell right! This time I decided to use Wordnik and I liked the definition so I thought I would share it here.
Programmatically: not by using the user interface but a library, function call or as a last resort, a command line interface.
I remember a time when I was very unskilled with and leery of the Command Line, now a major part of my day is spent there. Many times, it is just faster for me write a few lines of code than to figure out how to use a program to do it, and sometimes there just isn't a program that does what I want!
Also as a programmer there are things I could do manually, but it is so much more fun to write a script to do it programmatically. I will even confess that are times when I have written a program to do something when it would have been better to do it by hand. I can justify by saying I might need to this again someday, then my hard work will pay off, or I can say this is making me a better programmer. The truth is, that it is really me be lazy, I confess I don't like doing data entry.
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