What is boilerplate code?

Question

A coworker had never heard of this, and I couldn\'t provide a real definition. For me, it\'s always been an instance of \'I-know-it-when-I-see-it\'.

Bonus question,

Answer 1

In a nutshell, boilerplate codes are repetitive codes required to be included in the application with little to no change by the program/framework, and contribute nothing to the logic of the application. When you write pseudo codes you can remove boilerplate codes. The recommendation is to use a proper Editor that generates boilerplate codes.

in HTML, the boilerplate codes in the interface.

in C#, The boilerplate codes of properties.

class Price
{   
  private string _price;   
  public string Price
  {   
     get {return _price;}   
     set {_price= value;}   
  }   
}