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greenfield
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for greenfield.
Editorial note
We have new funding, and a completely new greenfield vision that you can still have a say in.
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A placename:
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of greenfield gathered in one view.
A neighbourhood in south-west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, named after Herbert Greenfield.
A number of places in the United States:
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for greenfield.
noun
A placename:
noun
A neighbourhood in south-west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, named after Herbert Greenfield.
noun
A number of places in the United States:
noun
One of four communities in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Example sentences
We have new funding, and a completely new greenfield vision that you can still have a say in.
Now, let's see if they open source an important greenfield project, then devote resources to the development of that project.
I don't think we'd call it greenfield, then, if you're constrained by tech you need to interact with.
Some key benefits of a project for our interview process: * We get to see a candidates programming skills with a greenfield project.
We are currently building a team for a greenfield project that will provide some of the foundational services on which Optum applications are built.
- have a greenfield project that could use an experienced hand to take it from concept to completion?
I was interviewing student devs recently and was flabbergasted how many of the kids doing greenfield personal projects were still using WinForms.
If I have a greenfield, I'll probably do it in tcl/tk or python/wx but I'm stick maintaining old win32 and winforms stuff for people.
Better to greenfield it and start from scratch.
There kept in up for more than two years, at which point the company pivoted, no longer had a homogeneous dev environment and were doing more greenfield and less support/optimization/incremental-improvement.
Meanwhile I am doing a greenfield project in WinForms, because it needs to be integrated into an existing eco-system of applications and components built around WinForms.
Even if I was so concerned with speed I'd much rather see a comparison of the versions I'd likely put into production if I started a greenfield project today.
Quote examples
No contemporary Java developer gives a fuck about applets, and by "contemporary" I mean "any greenfield development done since 9/11".
I've been meaning to buy that book for a long time, thanks for the refresher:) I've found that there are way more books for "greenfield" software development and not so many books for what 60% of people actually do (maintaining other people's projects, legacy or otherwise).
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use greenfield in a sentence?
We have new funding, and a completely new greenfield vision that you can still have a say in.
What does greenfield mean?
A placename:
What part of speech is greenfield?
greenfield is commonly used as noun.