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Software Library

A collection of shared resources that can be used by a computer program.

Library Types

• Static: Directly linked in executable
• Dynamic: Linked when executed
• Class: Shared source code classes

Library vs. Framework

• A library is imported
  into our application
• Our code calls a library
• A framework is a wrapper
  around our application
• A framework calls our code

Repository

• Place to find and download
  shared libraries
• Java: Maven Central
  JCenter (going away)
• Python: PyPI
• Both: GitHub!