Many people commonly ask “what is a framework in web development?” Web development frameworks can easily be confused with web development tools, languages, or parts of the web development stack (like .NET, PHP, JavaScript, or Ruby).
Web development frameworks are libraries of common functions that are used in web development to save time.
Without frameworks, 100% of a website or application has to be coded from scratch. These libraries might contain common buttons, modals, tables, typography, navigation, etc. Lots of web developers or companies have their own common libraries organized into frameworks. There are many popular frameworks that developers prefer.
A few of the popular frameworks are .NET, React, Angular, Express, Rails, and Laravel.