Rule Engine: A New Library That Eradicates If-Else Statements

From 20 to 0 if-else statements

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My colleague recently messaged me a link to a GitHub repo hosting a Microsoft C# library called “RulesEngine.”

Word is, the library has caught the attention of our dev teams.

Sure enough, it didn’t catch mine — I’d never heard of such a library.

But since I’m always keen on keeping up with the latest software development trends, I decided to get down the rabbit hole.

It turned out I made a good decision.

“Rules Engines” definitely shines when used appropriately!

Thanks to it, I could eliminate an entire corpus of complex if-else statements in an end-to-end project.

And in this article, I’ll walk you through the exact same project where I accomplished that showcasing the remarkable capabilities of Rules Engines.

Table of Contents

    Rules Engine: Definition?
    Rules Engine: Architecture?
    Project Time:
        #1. Requirements
        #2. Data
        #3. Business Rules
        #4. Friendly Advice
    Design
    Implementation
        #1. Input/Output
        #2. Rules Handling
        #3. Students and Classes
        #4. Allocations
    Testing
    Code Quality: Cyclomatic…