What is the difference between a Library (and | vs) a Framework ?
About
This page explains you the difference between:
Basically, you need to look at the inversion of control principle:
- your code invoke the library (the library plug into your code)
- your code is invoked by the framework (the framework invokes your code and offers has a plugin/extension system for your code)
Features
- With a library, it's easy to test your code whereas within a framework, the framework should provide a test feature.
- With a library, you don't have extension mechanism, with a framework, you have one
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