Frameworks, also known as software frameworks (or development frameworks), are foundational resources that provide a core structure and a generic but verified guideline to software engineers and coders. Consider frameworks to be like templates for developers, but more complex and feature-rich.
Web development frameworks (WDF) are software frameworks specifically created and maintained as resources for web development projects. It’s standard practice for a web development agency to use web frameworks today because their use streamlines the development process. A closer look at exactly how WDFs streamline web development should help us understand the benefits better.
Building on a Verified Logic Base
Having access to the right frameworks for a web development project is like having a basic but verified guide to your destination. Note that you will still need to plan the steps, customise the framework to suit your project’s specific requirements, and put in the work. Nevertheless, the huge benefit of not having to start a project from scratch without a logic base to build on is tremendous. It greatly reduces the maximum time and effort the project would otherwise take to complete.
Not all similar web frameworks are equally good, and even if something is good, it could turn out to be insufficiently equipped for the project’s goals. If you need to work with a web development agency in the UK or anywhere else for that matter, do check the frameworks they are planning to use in the project. If you are not proficient at working with web development frameworks yourself, make sure that the web design agency has a reputation good enough for you to rely on.
Whether you have a technical understanding of the development process or not, be sure to work with an agency that’s open and willing to collaborate with their clients. In fact, that expectation should always be on top of your list of what to look for in a web design agency.
Avoiding Mistakes in Code
When you work on a verified and widely approved web design framework, you automatically minimize your chances of writing unnecessary, erroneous, and duplicate code. Web development frameworks come with built-in model view controllers for debugging data, design, and logic separately.
Provided that you are developing on a verified web framework, you should not need to debug the logic base, which is a huge timesaver that also lowers your chances of making fundamental errors in the base code. As for the changes in design and the additional code (data) you introduce to the web application, the separation between the three layers only further simplifies and accelerates the debugging process.
Simplifies Future Maintenance Requirements
One of the biggest issues that older software has is that it was coded on a proprietary logic base. Therefore, if the software’s original code has a persistent error or vulnerability that the developers did not or could not debug in time, it might be impossible for future IT maintenance to patch it.
Web frameworks are open-source developer resources that do not suffer from that shortcoming. Also, developer’s etiquette guidelines embedded in collaborative development frameworks ensure anything you develop today will remain update-able and upgrade-able for a long time to come, even if you are not the one maintaining it.
