Typically, “platform” refers to the actual hardware/software upon which a piece of software is built or for which it is destined. Example usage: “I built this app for the Windows platform.” “Framework” refers to a collection of libraries/classes with the common goal of providing a scaffold on which to build software. Frameworks might completely alter … Read more
These terms, and others, do seem very similar. They’re named from a conceptual standpoint, and so could be defined as follows: A “framework” is a “foundation” or “support structure” around which you build your actual application. The .NET Framework includes not only a foundation (the CLR) but a series of libraries that provide standardized functionality … Read more
Blender uses OpenGL to draw all of its user interface. (Personally I’m a fan!)
All three of those provide functionality. However, there are important differences. A library is just a collection of related functionality. Nothing more, but also nothing less. The defining characteristic of a library is that you are in control, you call the library. The defining characteristic of a framework is Inversion of Control. The framework calls … Read more
Perhaps my answer to the What is the good starting point to developing RESTful web service in Clojure? question on SO might be of help to you. It mentions some important web libraries for Clojure (with links and short summaries). The key point which I would like to reiterate here is stated in the first … Read more
UPDATE: After 3 years, It is time to add some updates to this answer. A lot has changed in slim framework (and even PHP) during this time. Slim version 3 has been released and brought some major changes to it. In my tests, It is slightly slower and tad more complicated than slim 2, But … Read more
To quote Wikipedia: A web application framework is a software framework that is designed to support the development of dynamic websites, web applications and web services. The framework aims to alleviate the overhead associated with common activities performed in Web development. Basically, a web framework makes it easier for you to develop your application. Most … Read more
When I first started with web development, it was with Clojure. I had no prior experience with web development at all. I could not, for the life of me, figure Compojure out. I don’t know if beginner documentation has been improved since then (it wasn’t that long ago) or not, but at the time, I … Read more
Scaffolding generally refers to a quickly set up skeleton for an app. It’s not rails-only since other platforms have it as well. It’s also not generally meant to be a “final” system; merely the first, smallest way to do it.
Going all the way down to the basics for Map and Reduce. Map is a function which “transforms” items in some kind of list to another kind of item and put them back in the same kind of list. suppose I have a list of numbers: [1,2,3] and I want to double every number, in … Read more