I think this depends on the language. In languages where there is a de-facto standard framework, like Python & Django or Ruby & Rails, frameworks are very usefu

I think this depends on the language. In languages where there is a de-facto standard framework, like Python & Django or Ruby & Rails, frameworks are very useful. Then slightly less useful in languages where there are many competing frameworks, like PHP. Then there's front-end Javascript with its flavor-of-the-month frameworks, where they probably do more harm than good.