Editing Application framework (section)

== Examples ==
[[Apple Inc.|Apple Computer]] developed one of the first commercial application frameworks, [[MacApp]] (first release 1985), for the [[Mac (computer)|Macintosh]]. Originally written in an extended (object-oriented) version of [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]] termed [[Object Pascal]], it was later rewritten in [[C++]]. Another notable framework for the Mac is Metrowerks' [[PowerPlant]], based on [[Carbon (API)|Carbon]]. [[Cocoa (API)|Cocoa]] for [[macOS]] offers a different approach to an application framework, based on the [[OpenStep]] framework developed at [[NeXT]].

Since the 2010s, many apps have been created with the frameworks based on [[Google]]'s [[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]] project. The two prominent ones are [[Electron (software framework)|Electron]] and the [[Chromium Embedded Framework]].

[[Free and open-source software]] frameworks exist as part of the [[Mozilla application framework|Mozilla]], [[LibreOffice]], [[GNOME]], [[KDE]], [[NetBeans]], and [[Eclipse (software)|Eclipse]] projects.

[[Microsoft]] markets a framework for developing [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] applications in C++ called the [[Microsoft Foundation Class Library]], and a similar framework for developing applications with [[Visual Basic]] or [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]], named [[.NET Framework]].

Several frameworks can build [[cross-platform]] applications for [[Linux]], Macintosh, and Windows from common [[source code]], such as [[Qt (software)|Qt]], [[wxWidgets]], [[JUCE|Juce]], [[Fox toolkit]], or [[Eclipse (software)#Rich Client Platform|Eclipse Rich Client Platform]] (RCP).

[[Oracle Application Development Framework]] (Oracle ADF) aids in producing [[Java (programming language)|Java]]-oriented systems.

[[Silicon Laboratories]] offers an embedded application framework for developing wireless applications on its series of wireless chips.

[[MARTHA (layout engine)|MARTHA]] is a [[proprietary software]] Java framework that all of the RealObjects software is built on.