Ah it's just an expression, basically meaning "everything you need included." In the context of web frameworks, "batteries" are typically things like: - An HTM

Ah it's just an expression, basically meaning "everything you need included." In the context of web frameworks, "batteries" are typically things like: - An HTML templating language for your views - An Object Relationship Mapper ("ORM" - makes talking to databases consistent, and automatically populates your models with data from the database) - User Authentication/Session Management - An Admin GUI for managing your database models ("CRUD" Actions - Create, Read, Update, Delete)