On 8/16/05, Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where a framework shines is when you don't really want to program > it much at all -- you just need a tweak here and there beyond what > it already does. Gimp plugins are a great example of that.
I'd put it slightly differently. Where a framework really shines is when you need to do the same thing over an over again; instead of recoding that multiple times, the framework codes it once, and you don't have to worry about it. I've written several apps that need to update a database, and each one had to do the same things: connect, grab data, create controls to display/edit that data, validate any changes and then stuff the edited data back into the database. I started playing with the Dabo framework a few months ago, and it does all of that for me. I just set the connection info, and then set a couple of properties on controls, and the rest just works. I'm sure others who don't like using frameworks will chime in that they've done similar things; that they've created reusable classes that make writing such appsmuch easier than having to rewrite the same code time and time again. In that case, I'd contend that you've simply created your own framework as you've gone along. -- # p.d. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
