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An application framework is a term usually used to refer to a set of libraries or Class_(object-oriented_programming) that are used to implement the standard structure of an application for a specific operating system. By bundling a large amount of reusable code into a framework, much time is saved for the developer, since he/she is saved the task of rewriting large amounts of standard code for each new application that is developed. Application frameworks became popular with the rise of the GUI, since these tended to promote a standard structure for applications. It is also much simpler to create automatic GUI creation tools when a standard framework is used, since the underlying code structure of the application is known in advance. object-oriented programming techniques are usually used to implement frameworks such that the unique parts of an application can simply inherit from pre-existing classes in the framework.One of the first commercial frameworks was MacApp , written by Apple Computer for the Macintosh. Originally written in an extended (object-oriented) version of Pascal, it was later rewritten in C++. Other popular frameworks for the Mac include Metrowerks Powerplant and MacZoop (all based on Carbon). A different approach to an application framework is Cocoa for Mac OS X.
Microsoft created a similar product for WindowsImage use policy. Microsoft Windows is a range of commercial operating environments for personal computers. The range was first introduced by Microsoft in 1985 and eventually has come to dominate the world personal computer market. All recent versions of called the Microsoft Foundation Classes or MFC.
There are also a number of frameworks which will create identical applications for both Macintosh and Windows from the same source code.
See also
- Software frameworkA software framework is a partially complete, or semi-finished software (sub-) system that is intended to be instantiated. It defines the architecture for a family of (sub-)systems and provides the basic building blocks to create them. It also defines the
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