Library vs Framework

[Mike Meyer]

Peter Decker <pydecker at gmail.com> writes:

> I've written several apps that need to update a database, and each one
> had to do the same things: connect, grab data, create controls to
> display/edit that data, validate any changes and then stuff the edited
> data back into the database. I started playing with the Dabo framework
> a few months ago, and it does all of that for me. I just set the
> connection info, and then set a couple of properties on controls, and
> the rest just works.
>
> I'm sure others who don't like using frameworks will chime in that
> they've done similar things; that they've created reusable classes
> that make writing such appsmuch easier than having to rewrite the same
> code time and time again. In that case, I'd contend that you've simply
> created your own framework as you've gone along.

Well, they may have created a library class that does the job for
them. Figuring out which is which seemed to be the point of this
thread.

        <mike
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