Chapter 8 - Frameworks

Question 1

what are frameworks?

Answer 1

defines architecture and control flow of a software system, provide predefined hooks for extensions/adaptions, offers the highest degree of reuse

Question 2

What is the difference of class libraries vs. frameworks?

Answer 2

classes from a library are mostly used as closed components

Question 3

What is the difference of Design Patterns vs. Frameworks?

Answer 3

design patterns are more abstract, smaller and less specialized

Question 4

What are White-Box Frameworks?

Answer 4

reuse by inheritance, programming rather than configuration

Question 5

What are Black-Box Frameworks?

Answer 5

reuse by composition, configuration rather than programming (dependency injection)

Question 6

What is Dependency Injection?

Answer 6

dependency: various implementations of an interface (TBD)

Question 7

What are Framework advantages?

Answer 7

codified guidelines for architecture, massive development head start, simplified maintenance

Question 8

What are Framework challenges?

Answer 8

language dependent, domain specific, debugging, development effort