web development framework (WDF)
A web development framework is a set of resources and tools for software developers to build and
manage web applications, web services and websites.
Such a framework includes templating capabilities for presenting information within a browser,
the programming environment for scripting the flow of information and the application
programming interfaces (APIs) for accessing underlying data resources. The framework also
provides the foundations and system-level services for software developers to build a content management
system (CMS) for managing digital information on the Web. Developers can use the framework to
define the 'out-of-the-box' content management capabilities, user authentication features, and
administrative tools.
A web development framework can be built upon a pre-defined infrastructure such as the Linux,
Apache, MySQL and PHP (LAMP) stack.Once defined and
implemented the core CMS features and functions can be difficult to modify.
Contributor(s): Geoff Bock and Melanie Luna
This was last updated in January 2013
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