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Subject: [kde-promo] Re: The Future of our Frameworks
From: Ingo =?iso-8859-1?q?Kl=F6cker?= <kloecker () kde ! org>
Date: 2011-06-26 16:55:39
Message-ID: 201106261855.45347 () thufir ! ingo-kloecker ! de
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On Tuesday 21 June 2011, Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> 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.
I had a look at what Wikipedia says about frameworks. AFAICT the
definition of "software framework" [1] is a good fit for what we mean.
Regards,
Ingo
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_framework
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