The difference between a library and a framework is simply that you call the library whereas the framework calls you. The framework provides a frame into which

The difference between a library and a framework is simply that you call the library whereas the framework calls you. The framework provides a frame into which you put your code as opposed to a library which you use as part of your code. Generally I would consider any framework which requires (almost) no setup requirements to be a microframework. This is opposed to frameworks which require a basic configuration, directory layout or certain files to be present. However there are a lot of other people with other definitions regarding this, the distinction is not at all very clear for example there are people that consider being written in a single file to be a distinguishing feature of microframeworks.