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Subject: [kde-promo] Re: The Future of our Frameworks
From: Sebastian =?iso-8859-1?q?K=FCgler?= <sebas () kde ! org>
Date: 2011-06-21 18:15:16
Message-ID: 201106212015.16373.sebas () kde ! org
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On Tuesday, June 07, 2011 12:17:08 Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote:
> I had exactly the same question because IMHO there is a confusion
> between "framework" and "library" here.
>
> Library = set of related functions and helper methods and classes
>
> Framework = Library + a "way" of working with it (i. e. workflow,
> tools you need to use, conventions, etc). For instance, Rails is a
> framework because it imposes a set of conventions you cannot change
> (and you webapps will not work unless you follow them)
>
> I'd say with the modularization we are splitting into *libraries*, not
> into frameworks because we do not impose a set of rules, tools,
> workflow, etc to work with it.
It's "vague on purpose", as we refer to libraries, but also more complex
things such as Akonadi.
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sebas
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