I am trying to understand the differences between the framework and tools, in the field of usability engineering?
Hi Muhammad,
In my opinion Netbeans will be a good example of both. If you use Netbeans to make some application you use it as a tool. So you may develop an application of some kind in java, in c#, HTML5, etc.
However if you want to build a desktop application in java you can use Netbeans own internal modules as a framework. To code you may use Netbeans as a tools. So in this case Netbeans would be a framework for desktop applications AND ALSO a tool to program. Eclipse has also such an approach.
An example of a framework (that is not a tool) is Grails. Grails offers every component to make a web application and the possibility of extension through plugins. It has also a programming language associated, based on java. But it is not a tool. It's "just" a bunch of components and formal rules of how they can interact. You need a tool to script those components and to build some application. So to work with this framework you need a tool such as Netbeans, Eclipse, InteliJ, etc.
The tools has no components associated, you will have to choose and to program those using that tool. The frameworks provide the components and the rules for their interconnection but has no integrated tools, you can choose a tool that best suits your needs.
A TOOL is an instrument for special functions in software and system design. It has predefined inputs an delivers predefined outputs.
A FRAMEORK is a wider term. It is an amount of different TOOLs and design procedures in order to create a wider product f. i : a new software system (from analysing of the necessary problem till testing of all evaluated new software) or creating a new software language (including a parser as TOOL).
So a development of a TOOL can be made by an own FRAMEWORK.
A FRAMEWORK includes mental creativity a TOOL needs human factorized usability only.
An application software is a tool e.g. 1) Programming language: Java, C#, Jason, etc.; 2) CASE: UML, AUML, etc.; and 3) Microsoft office: MS-Word, MS-Excel, etc.
A framework is a generic architecture in which a tool can sit on and run e.g. Jade. For instance, Jason can run on Jade framework or platform as it is called else where.
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