# String-Based Code Generation

> Building code by concatenating strings, so the result is unchecked, injection-prone, and hard to analyze.

Record: `lexicon:string-based-code-generation`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Declarative Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/declarative-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-string-based-code-generation

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Safety/Debuggability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/safety-debuggability.md) and before [Boilerplate Elimination](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/boilerplate-elimination.md).

## Category

- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)

## Negated by

- [Code as Data](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/code-as-data.md)

## Linked from

- [Metaprogramming / Language-Oriented Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metaprogramming-language-oriented-architecture.md)