Software frameworks

Software frameworks and content management systems (CMS) are entirely different concepts. In the case of CMSs, the reusable modules, plugins and related components are provided with the source code and all that is required is to only plug in or plug out. The frameworks need to be installed and imported on the host machine and then the functions are called. This means that the framework with different classes and functions needs to be called by the programmer depending upon the module and feature required in the application. As far as user-friendliness is concerned, the CMSs are very easy to use. CMS products can be used and deployed even by those who do not have very good programming skills.

A framework can be considered as a model, a structure or simply a programming template that provides classes, events and methods to develop an application. Generally, the software framework is a real or conceptual structure of software intended to serve as a support or guide to build something that expands the structure into something useful. The software framework can be seen as a layered structure, indicating which kind of programs can or should be built and the way they interrelate.