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Discussion on: What is the difference between a Library vs A Framework?

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Ravishankar S R

The basic difference between framework and library is
Framework is a bunch of libraries implemented together to build an application. Example: Angular

Library is a package dedicated to solve specific task. Example: jQuery

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Clint Buhs • Edited

That's good on the surface. Now apply it to the ReactJS (library) vs. Angular (framework) scenario.

Gets a bit hazy, eh? :)

More on that: dev.to/renannobile/why-is-react-a-...