5- Does\u00a0the library has a break changes in the past?<\/strong><\/p>\nBefore adopting a library, take a few minutes and search \u00a0in the web for \u00a0\u201cLibraryName breaking changes\u201d to check if for a specific version a breaking changes was done.<\/p>\n
It could help you for the following reasons:<\/p>\n
– Avoid \u00a0using library examples from older versions.<\/p>\n
– it\u2019s not good sign if a library has a big breaking change. \u00a0It means the developers does not care about the library users, and it could happen again in next versions.<\/p>\n
6- Constraints and limitations of using a library.<\/strong><\/p>\nSometimes a library is awesome for a specific needs, but has one killer limitation which could force you to not use it.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s take as example the google chart api, it\u2019s a versy useful chart library. However, it has one annoying limitation, the user must have an internet connection.<\/p>\n
Before choosing a library, be sure that no limitation could affect its using, you have just to search in the web for \u201cLibraryName limtations\u201d.<\/p>\n
7- Documentation<\/strong><\/p>\nA well documented library will helps you considerably when you use it. specially if it contains many samples of using it.<\/p>\n
8- Did you care about performence when using the library?<\/strong><\/p>\nIf you plan to use a library in a context where the performence is very important, don\u2019t only trust the benchmarks found in the web. It\u2019s preferable to make a POC with your specific constraints to have a better idea of how the library behaves in your specific context.<\/p>\n
9- Does\u00a0your application multiplatform?<\/strong><\/p>\nIf you application must works in many platform, don\u2019t test mostly in one platform, after finishing the developement test for all the other platforms.<\/p>\n
Always test from the begining on all the targeted plateforms, some libraries are very good implemented for an OS and very bad implemented for the others.<\/p>\n
10- Is there any other serious alternative to the library chose, and you have a doubt?<\/strong><\/p>\nIn some cases you could find two awesome libraries for the same needs, and you have a doubt of using one of them. In this case never \u00a0let your code highly coupled with the library. Prefer using wrappers and facade patterns to isolate it\u2019s use.<\/p>\n
Of course there are many other factors that could influence your choice. and to minimise the risk of using a bad \u00a0library which we must change it after. It\u2019s always a good practice to isolate its use in some few places in the code, by using wrappers and facades.<\/p>\n
Try to evaluate the coupling of your application with all the libraries used, identify the libraries highly coupled with your code, and progressivly try as possible to decouple its use.<\/p>\n
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