# Reduced Boilerplate

> The ability to avoid repetitive boilerplate by relying on conventions.

Record: `lexicon:reduced-boilerplate`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-reduced-boilerplate

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Plugin Loading](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/plugin-loading.md) and before [Runtime Configuration without Code Change](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/runtime-configuration-without-code-change.md).

## Category

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)

## Enabled by

- [Convention over Configuration](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/convention-over-configuration.md)

## Linked from

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)