Software Framework
A Software Framework is a software-based computing platform that allows the development of software applications.
- Context:
- It can range from being a Computing Framework to being a Data Processing Framework.
- It can range from being a Centralized Computing Framework to being a Distributed Computing Framework (such as a cluster computing framework).
- Example(s):
- a Web Application Framework, such as Ruby on Rails and Django.
- a Distributed Computing Framework, such as Hadoop.
- a Data Querying Framework, such as Hive Framework.
- an Text Querying Framework, such as Lucene, or SOLR.
- a Data Processing Platform, such as a machine learning platform.
- an Annotation Framework, such as brat framework.
- a Software Testing Framework, such as a Selenium framework.
- a Machine Learning Framework, such as SystemML.
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Computing System, Storage Framework, Operating System, Application Programming Interface, Software Component, Inversion Of Control.
References
2014
- (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/software_framework Retrieved:2014-3-4.
- In computer programming, a software framework is an abstraction in which software providing generic functionality can be selectively changed by additional user-written code, thus providing application-specific software.
A software framework is a universal, reusable software platform to develop applications, products and solutions. Software frameworks include support programs, compilers, code libraries, tool sets, and application programming interfaces (APIs) that bring together all the different components to enable development of a project or solution.
Frameworks contain key distinguishing features that separate them from normal libraries:
- inversion of control: In a framework, unlike in libraries or normal user applications, the overall program's flow of control is not dictated by the caller, but by the framework.
- default behavior: A framework has a default behavior. This default behavior must be some useful behavior and not a series of no-ops.
- extensibility: A framework can be extended by the user usually by selective overriding or specialized by user code to provide specific functionality.
- non-modifiable framework code: The framework code, in general, is not supposed to be modified, excepting extensibility. Users can extend the framework, but should not modify its code.
- In computer programming, a software framework is an abstraction in which software providing generic functionality can be selectively changed by additional user-written code, thus providing application-specific software.
2013
- http://dropwizard.codahale.com/getting-started/
- Dropwizard straddles the line between being a library and a framework. ...
