Web application framework

A web application framework (WAF) is a software framework that is designed to support the development of dynamic websites, web applications, web services and web resources.

Description

The framework aims to alleviate the overhead associated with common activities performed in web development.

For example, many frameworks provide libraries for database access, templating frameworks and session management, and they often promote code reuse.

See also

• Application software
• Code reuse
• Dynamic web page
• Framework (computing)
• Library (computing)
• Web application
• Web resource
• Web service

TO DO: cross-refs.

External links

• Web application framework @ Wikipedia
• Comparison of web application frameworks
• A Critique of JavaScript MVC frameworks – Beware of Rampant Asynchronous JavaScript Calls by Laurence Gellert