Boilerplate definition is becoming more global in many other programming languages nowadays. It comes from OOP and hybrid languages that have become OOP and were before procedual have now the same goal to keep repeating the code you build with a model/template/class/object hence why they adapt this term. You make a template and the only things you do for each instance of a template are the parameters to individualize an object this part is what we call boilerplate. You simply re-use the code you made a template of, just with different parameters.

同义词 蓝图是样板 模板是样板 页脚是一个样板 用于多种用途的设计模式是一个样板 邮件的签名是一份样板文件

在词源上，术语boilerplate: from http://www.takeourword.com/Issue009.html…

Interestingly, the term arose from the newspaper business. Columns and other pieces that were syndicated were sent out to subscribing newspapers in the form of a mat (i.e. a matrix). Once received, boiling lead was poured into this mat to create the plate used to print the piece, hence the name boilerplate. As the article printed on a boilerplate could not be altered, the term came to be used by attorneys to refer to the portions of a contract which did not change through repeated uses in different applications, and finally to language in general which did not change in any document that was used repeatedly for different occasions.

编程中的样板文件由什么组成?正如其他人可能已经指出的那样，它 只是一大块代码，一遍又一遍地复制，很少或 在这个过程中没有对它做任何改变。

样板文件是优秀程序员所避免的:重复。

从维基百科:

在计算机编程中，样板文件是用来描述必须包含在许多地方且很少或没有更改的代码段的术语。它更常用于被认为是冗长的语言，即程序员必须编写大量代码来完成最少的工作。

所以基本上，你可以把样板代码看作是一种编程语言所需要的文本，在你用这种语言编写的程序中经常用到。

现代语言正在尝试减少它，但旧的语言也有特定的类型检查器(例如OCaml有一个类型推断器，它允许您避免在像Java这样更冗长的语言中作为样板代码的太多声明)

样板文件是一种写作单元，可以不作任何更改地反复使用。通过扩展，这种思想有时应用于可重用编程，如“样板代码”

来自whatis.techtarget.com:

In information technology, a boilerplate is a unit of writing that can be reused over and over without change. By extension, the idea is sometimes applied to reusable programming as in "boilerplate code." The term derives from steel manufacturing, where boilerplate is steel rolled into large plates for use in steam boilers. The implication is either that boilerplate writing has been time-tested and strong as "steel," or possibly that it has been rolled out into something strong enough for repeated reuse.

编程之外:

样板可以与特定类型的模板进行比较 被认为是一个填空样板。一些典型的 样板文件通常包括:任务陈述、安全警告 使用的安装程序、版权声明和责任 免责声明。

以我作为程序员的经验来看，合适的样板代码通常是一堆你开始的代码，这些代码不太大，也不太复杂，不能称为框架。

HTML5 Boilerplate就是一个典型的例子。