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I can code in Java, and I’m trying to understand the wiki article on frameworks and how they relate to java. I think java = the platform and the frameworks are things like Java EE, jsp, etc. (I’ve never used any of those)
I’m trying to see the connection here…. Also, does each framework get its own compiler? Do they all use the JVM?
From my understanding: Java is a programming language (that compiles through the JVM), it is “open source” and can be extended with different APIs. Java EE (Enterprise Edition) is an API of Java SE (Standard Edition), it adds more functionality to the Standard API of Java.
Frameworks are supposed to make programming in languages like Java easier, and decrease development time. For example a framework named “Play” is a pretty popular java framework that helps develop web pages. Frameworks are not seperate from the language, they use the language itself so they don’t get their own compiler all it’s doing is using the language.
Someone (or a company) just creates their own methods in java and make them available to use for anyone that wants to use it. Anyone can create a framework, you can probably think of a framework as a Lego set where each Lego piece is a method available to build your own program (or website, depending on what the framework was created for), eventually you can build your own program using those methods from the framework. (hope this is making sense, heh)