Introduction to Application Development Frameworks

In this book we will be delving into the different aspects of an Application Development Framework (ADF) lifecycle, allowing individual software engineers, development teams, and engineering organizations to benefit from ADF’s great potential. The initial chapter of the book is focused on providing a wide context for future chapters, setting a common ground for all ADF stakeholders, and introducing basic classifications and definitions for future use.

The concept of Application Development Framework (ADF) has been well-known for a long time, but we need to set up a crystal-clear context for further reading. This is important because it helps us deal with this complex topic by setting common ground for definitions and classifications that will be used throughout the book. First, we explore the evolution of the idea of ADF. After that, we discover the differences and connections between other SDLC-focused technologies,...