Quick Application Development with Web Frameworks
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The document discusses quick application development using web frameworks, noting that a web framework aims to reduce overhead in common web development tasks like database access and templating by providing libraries and promoting code reuse, and that frameworks can help developers save time, write less code, and get support while building applications tailored to their exact needs, though some cite potential downsides around scalability, learning curves, and hosting compatibility.
Quick Application Development with Web Frameworks
- 1. Photo: Justin Gaurav Murgai via Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/phoenixation/2998955260/ Quick application development with web frameworks Aaron Sumner University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning
- 2. Overview: •What’s a web application framework? •Why use one? •A quick demo •Nothing (too) technical!
- 3. A little about me: • 15 years experience developing web apps at KU, KU Med, U. of Washington • Perl, AppleScript, a little Java, PHP, VBscript, Ruby • Switched to frameworks in 2005
- 4. Contact information: @ruralocity asumner@ku.edu
- 5. “A web application framework is a software framework that is designed to support the development of dynamic websites, Web applications and Web services. Source: Wikipedia
- 6. “The framework aims to alleviate the overhead associated with common activities performed in Web development. Source: Wikipedia
- 7. “For example, many frameworks provide libraries for database access, templating frameworks and session management, and often promote code reuse.” Source: Wikipedia
- 8. Frameworks:
- 10. Not frameworks (yet?):
- 11. MVC
- 12. DRY
- 18. Why I like frameworks •I save time •I write less code •I write better code •I get a strong support network •My app meets my exact needs
- 19. Potential complaints • Scalability? • Learning curve? • Hosting issues? Twitter.com
- 20. Let’s build an app!