what’s the difference between a framework and a library

Developers often use these terms interchangeably. But these terms are quite different.

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True, Frameworks and libraries both have a bunch of code and modules already written, which helps in automating simple and common programming tasks.

A framework tells the developer what must and will be used to run the program successfully; but a library doesn’t. when using a library a programmer is at liberty to call certain resources in the code base, only when he truly needs them.

well, the degree of freedom a library or framework offers the developer, will ultimately dictate how opinionated it is.

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