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The Framework Advantage

Introduction

What is a Framework?

Pylons is a lightweight web framework emphasizing flexibility and rapid development.

CakePHP is a rapid development framework for PHP that provides an extensible architecture for developing, maintaining, and deploying applications.

Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.

Ruby on Rails is an open-source web framework that's optimized for programmer happiness and sustainable productivity. It lets you write beautiful code by favoring convention over configuration.

Should you Use a Framework?

When you Should

When you Shouldn't