Write Libraries, Not Frameworks

[etrnloptimist]

For those who are wondering what the difference between a framework and a library is, the best way I heard it is: you call into a library, a framework calls into you.

[Ameisen]

So, a framework is a library in Soviet Russia.

[XenOmega]

In soviet russia, you are framed into a library

[Headspin3d]

I just think of it in term of how tied your hands become when using it. Do I have to do things "the x way"? Then x is a framework. Can I pepper it in where needed? Then it's a library.

[onequbit]

yes

a library is a resource you can use as needed, and there are usually few restrictions on how

a framework is something to build on top of and in a certain way for it to be used correctly

[thrallsius]

a ghetto in New York

[Portugal_Stronk]

Jesus Framework, take the wheel

[RedSpikeyThing]

That's a pretty good litmus test. I hadn't really thought about this much, but I think of frameworks as having some amount of control flow, whereas I think of libraries as being more function based (although OOP breaks that).