Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to Information Technology (IT) and more particularly to a system and a method for software reuse. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying at least one portion of a software code contemporaneous to a user developing a software functionality in the IDE. The at least one portion of the software code corresponds to the software functionality. The method further includes prompting the user to reuse the at least one portion of the software code on the IDE. Thereafter, the method includes restricting the user from performing additional operations on the IDE during subsistence of the prompt. Finally, the method includes enforcing reuse of the at least one portion of the software code in response to obtaining a user approval for the at least one portion.