Efficient Contract Management with Direct GitHub Imports

Importing from GitHub streamlines contract development and prevents cluttering files.

### Streamlining Contract Interfaces: Importing from GitHub and NPM
* 🛠 Now that we have the interface, we can begin calling functions and addresses, but a **multitude of interfaces can clutter our contracts and files**, making them **cumbersome to manage**.
* 📂 In the past, with SimpleStorage, we utilized imports effectively since **all the code was locally available**, but we lack local access to the **AggregatorV3 interface and price feed contracts**.
* 🔗 Instead of manually copying and pasting code into new files, we can **directly import contracts from external sources** like GitHub.
* 📜 The documentation shows how to import using the syntax: `import at chainlink/contracts/src/...`, which aligns with the **GitHub repository structure**.
* 📦 This method allows us to **import directly from GitHub or npm**, eliminating the need for **redundant code duplication** in our project.
* 💻 By pasting the import line in Remix, it recognizes the path as an **npm package**, which fetches the necessary code from the **Chainlink repository**.
* ⚙ This approach simplifies our workflow, as it is equivalent to **copying the entire interface into our contract**, enabling us to **compile and proceed seamlessly** with the AggregatorV3 interface.

Lesson 4 Part 9 | Importing from NPM & GitHub - Solidity & Foundry Full Course

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Challenge: Managing Multiple Interfaces in Smart Contracts

Having many interfaces clutters contracts and files.

SimpleStorage used local imports, but external contracts are not locally available.

Option: Copy-pasting the interface into a local file and importing it.

GitHub documentation shows how to import using a path similar to the repository structure.

Remix supports direct imports from npm packages, which are linked to GitHub repositories.

npm acts as a package manager, providing different code versions.

Importing directly from GitHub is equivalent to copy-pasting the interface.

After importing, the contract can be compiled.