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A software framework is used to make the process of application development faster since it contains considerable housekeeping and utility code in order to help bootstrap your application. Frameworks also make it easier to produce cross-browser compatible JavaScript code. For eg: if you are building a web application targeting multiple form-factors, you can use a framework to manage the presentation on different screen sizes instead of writing the code from scratch for doing this.<\/p>\r\n
However, critics point out two major disadvantages of using frameworks. One, they bloat up your code thereby adding to the size of your application. And two, there is a learning curve involved. So the expected reduction in development time may not be achieved if your developers are not familiar with the chosen framework.<\/p>\r\n
Once a framework is learned, its benefits however outshine the weaknesses. Mostly open source (there are some exceptions though), these frameworks have a thriving community behind them who have used, tested, reviewed and contributed to them. So you get more done in less time and you benefit from the expertise of others. [Related read: 6 Reasons To Use JavaScript Libraries & Frameworks<\/a>]<\/p>\r\n The choice of the right JavaScript framework is a tricky affair and it depends on the kind of application you are building. In the first part of this article, we help you figure out the questions you need to ask before you zero in on a framework for your application. In the second part of this article, we will provide a comparison of the 3 most popular JS frameworks\u2015 AngularJS, Backbone.js and Ember.js.<\/p>\r\n\r\n Table of Contents<\/p>\n<\/div>\n