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One of the most common practices insoftware development is code reuse. Developers use the strategy to savetime and money by reducing redundant tasks and the theory is put intopractice in several popular content management systems available tousers who want to create their own Web presence.

The CMS, or content management system, is a framework that can beused by both experienced and novice developers to produce Web sites forcountless purpose. From blog sites (like this one) to e-commerce sites,for Fortune 500 companies to private individuals, a CMS can makedeveloping content for the Web a whole lot easier.

Many of the popular CMS varieties employ a modular approach thatmakes it easy to construct your own add-ons to suit any purpose you'dlike - searching, FAQ building, file uploading, news posting - the listis exhaustive. In fact, the odds are good that someone else has alreadymade the add-on you seek: they figured out code reuse.

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