Framework: nothing more .. nothing less

Based on Wikipedia a frame is a basic conceptual structure used to solve or address complex issues. So when you learn a new framework, keep the following in mind: a framework permits you to put a frame on your work, it’s not a tutorial, a recipe or a how to, it’s a frame (or structure) of work, nothing more, nothing less.

Why this clarification? Well sometimes you may learn how to use a framework using a example, and then your next implementations mimic the example, instead of using the actual framework. Frameworks exist to make our life easier with complex problems and give us a more concrete way of repeating the problem solving.  

Most commonly you may see the word framework in software programming. Software frameworks are design to make your life easier and raise the level of abstraction. If life becomes more complicated when using a framework, two things may be occurring: the framework sucks or you are not using it correctly. So next time you learn a new framework, take a step back and detached it from the example that is being used to teach it to you.