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{{Short description|Framework in computer software}}
{{See also|Software framework|Web framework}}
In [[computer programming]], an '''application framework'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www1.cse.wustl.edu/~schmidt/CACM-frameworks.html |title=Object Oriented Application Frameworks |access-date=2011-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515182503/http://www1.cse.wustl.edu/~schmidt/CACM-frameworks.html |archive-date=2018-05-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> consists of a [[software framework]] used by [[software developer]]s to implement the standard structure of [[application software]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Mozilla_Application_Framework_in_Detail |title=Mozilla Application Framework in Detail |access-date=2011-05-29 |archive-date=2012-07-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728072046/https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Mozilla_Application_Framework_in_Detail |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Application frameworks became popular with the rise of [[graphical user interface]]s (GUIs), since these tended to promote a standard structure for applications. Programmers find it much simpler to create automatic GUI creation tools when using a standard framework, since this defines the underlying code structure of the application in advance. Developers usually use [[object-oriented programming]] (OOP) techniques to implement frameworks such that the unique parts of an application can simply inherit from classes extant in the framework.{{Citation needed|date=April 2007}}

== Examples ==
[[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]] developed one of the first commercial application frameworks, [[MacApp]] (first release 1985), for the [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh]]. Originally written in an extended (object-oriented) version of [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]] termed [[Object Pascal]], it was later rewritten in [[C++]]. Another notable framework for the Mac is Metrowerks' [[PowerPlant]], based on [[Carbon (API)|Carbon]]. [[Cocoa (API)|Cocoa]] for [[macOS]] offers a different approach to an application framework, based on the [[OpenStep]] framework developed at [[NeXT]].

Since the 2010s, many apps have been created with the frameworks based on [[Google]]'s [[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]] project. The two prominent ones are [[Electron (software framework)|Electron]] and the [[Chromium Embedded Framework]].

[[Free and open-source software]] frameworks exist as part of the [[Mozilla application framework|Mozilla]], [[LibreOffice]], [[GNOME]], [[KDE]], [[NetBeans]], and [[Eclipse (software)|Eclipse]] projects.

[[Microsoft]] markets a framework for developing [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] applications in C++ called the [[Microsoft Foundation Class Library]], and a similar framework for developing applications with [[Visual Basic]] or [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]], named [[.NET Framework]].

Several frameworks can build [[cross-platform]] applications for [[Linux]], Macintosh, and Windows from common [[source code]], such as [[Qt (software)|Qt]], [[wxWidgets]], [[JUCE|Juce]], [[Fox toolkit]], or [[Eclipse (software)#Rich Client Platform|Eclipse Rich Client Platform]] (RCP).

[[Oracle Application Development Framework]] (Oracle ADF) aids in producing [[Java (programming language)|Java]]-oriented systems.

[[Silicon Laboratories]] offers an embedded application framework for developing wireless applications on its series of wireless chips.

[[MARTHA (layout engine)|MARTHA]] is a [[proprietary software]] Java framework that all of the RealObjects software is built on.

== References ==
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[[Category:Programming tools]]
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