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Framework

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/ˈfreɪmwɜːrk/nounCore term

In software engineering, framework means: A ready-made structure for building applications that gives you rules, tools and common parts, so you only write the code that is specific to your product.

In Turkish: çatı, çerçeve, uygulama çatısı

How it is used

Teams choose, adopt, learn and migrate between frameworks such as React, Django, Spring or Laravel. Job ads list frameworks as required skills, and the framework often shapes how the whole project is organized.

Example sentences

  1. We're moving the backend from Flask to a bigger framework like Django.

  2. Which testing framework does the team use?

Common collocations

  • web framework
  • testing framework
  • choose a framework
  • framework version
  • migrate to a new framework
  • libraryA collection of ready-made code that other programs can use, so that developers don't have to write common things like date handling or HTTP requests themselves.
  • tech stackThe set of programming languages, frameworks, databases and tools that a team uses to build and run a product.
  • architectureThe high-level structure of a software system: its main parts, how they communicate with each other and the key technical decisions behind them.
  • dependencyA library, service or other piece of software that your code needs in order to work, so a change or failure in it can affect your project.

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