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Is there certain limit to the number of dependencies used in a project?

Is there a certain limit to the number of libraries that developers use in big projects? Any sensible number that experts tend not to exceed? Do professional developers use only native solutions in relatively big projects?

31st Aug 2020, 9:05 PM
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There's no limit. You can have as many dependencies as you want. The only drawback is the project size. It gets bigger with each new dependency.
6th Sep 2020, 4:55 PM
Igor Makarsky
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The number of dependencies doesn't affect performance.
6th Sep 2020, 5:27 PM
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Igor Makarsky meaning that maintenance might become an issue? How about the performance? Is there any correlation between the number of dependencies and performance?
6th Sep 2020, 4:59 PM
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Igor Makarsky thank you
6th Sep 2020, 5:30 PM
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