The latest articles on DEV Community by Partha Maity (@parthmty). https://dev.to/parthmty https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F977729%2Fbe161723-18f2-46bf-9a25-1b92bef859f0.jpeg https://dev.to/parthmty en Partha Maity Wed, 23 Nov 2022 14:27:33 +0000 https://dev.to/parthmty/library-vs-framework-explained-mcb https://dev.to/parthmty/library-vs-framework-explained-mcb <h2> Library </h2> <p>You started a project and finished it and then started an other one and noticed 🤨 that you have repeated some pieces of code from previous project and then you finished it.</p> <p>Next day, you started a new project and damn! you noticed it again, you once again repeated some pieces of code from previous two projects.</p> <p>Hmmm!! 🤔 ...</p> <p>So you thought - "Why not I copy those repeating pieces of code and keep it in a separate file, so that the next time I need it, I can just copy it from there."</p> <p>That's how the concept of library came into existence.</p> <p><strong>A library is a collection of reusable pieces of code that can be used in multiple projects.</strong></p> <h2> Framework </h2> <p>Once fine day, you started a project and you noticed that you have to repeat some pieces of code from previous projects. You grabbed your library and copied those pieces of code and probably felt happy 😄 that you have saved some time.</p> <p>But soon that happiness turned into frustration 😤 when you received handful of bugs 🐛 from the application. You started debugging and realized that you have to fix the same bug in multiple places 😫. You fixed it and moved on.</p> <p>For the next few days, you kept on receiving bugs 🐛 and fixing them.</p> <p>....and then one day, you realized that if you had followed a particular structure or pattern, you would have saved yourself from all these bugs 🐛. You made few rules from your experience and started following them.</p> <p>You noticed that you were able to fix bugs 🐛 faster and also were able to add new features faster. It just boosted tour productivity of building applications.</p> <p>You just created your own framework.</p> <p><strong>A framework is a collection of rules and guidelines or a structure for building an application.</strong></p> <p><em><strong>Note:</strong> The above explanation is just for understanding purpose. It is not a complete explanation of library and framework. If you find any mistake in the above explanation, please let me know. I will be happy to correct it.</em></p> firstpost