Software Framework
A Software Framework is a software-based computing platform that facilitates software 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
2020
- (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_framework Retrieved:2020-5-6.
- 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. It provides a standard way to build and deploy applications and is a universal, reusable software environment that provides particular functionality as part of a larger software platform to facilitate development of software applications, products and solutions. Software frameworks may 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 system.
Frameworks have key distinguishing features that separate them from normal libraries:
- inversion of control: In a framework, unlike in libraries or in standard user applications, the overall program's flow of control is not dictated by the caller, but by the framework.
- extensibility: A user can extend the framework – usually by selective overriding – or programmers can add specialized user code to provide specific functionality.
- non-modifiable framework code: The framework code, in general, is not supposed to be modified, while accepting user-implemented extensions. In other words, users can extend the framework, but cannot 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. It provides a standard way to build and deploy applications and is a universal, reusable software environment that provides particular functionality as part of a larger software platform to facilitate development of software applications, products and solutions. Software frameworks may 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 system.
2013
- http://dropwizard.codahale.com/getting-started/
- Dropwizard straddles the line between being a library and a framework. ...
