Quick Application Development with Web Frameworks

Quick Application Development with Web Frameworks

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  Photo: Justin GauravMurgai via Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/phoenixation/2998955260/ Quick application development with web frameworks Aaron Sumner University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning
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  Overview: •What’s a webapplication framework? •Why use one? •A quick demo •Nothing (too) technical!
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  A little aboutme: • 15 years experience developing web apps at KU, KU Med, U. of Washington • Perl, AppleScript, a little Java, PHP, VBscript, Ruby • Switched to frameworks in 2005
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  Contact information: @ruralocity asumner@ku.edu
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  “A web applicationframework is a software framework that is designed to support the development of dynamic websites, Web applications and Web services. Source: Wikipedia
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  “The framework aimsto alleviate the overhead associated with common activities performed in Web development. Source: Wikipedia
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  “For example, manyframeworks provide libraries for database access, templating frameworks and session management, and often promote code reuse.” Source: Wikipedia
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  Frameworks:
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  Not frameworks:
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  Not frameworks (yet?):
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  MVC
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  DRY
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  Scaffolds Migrations Plugins
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  Why I like frameworks •I save time •I write less code •I write better code •I get a strong support network •My app meets my exact needs
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  Potential complaints • Scalability? • Learning curve? • Hosting issues? Twitter.com
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  Let’s build anapp!