developmentframework

noun
UK /dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˈfreɪmwɜːk/
US /dɪˈvɛləpmənt ˈfreɪmwɜːrk/

A set of tools and rules that helps people build things more easily.

The team used a development framework to build the new app faster.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A basic structure of ideas used to plan or understand something.

The teacher gave us a development framework for our science project.

3. A collection of ready-made code that programmers use to make new programs.

She learned the development framework before writing her first game.

4. A set of steps a company follows to grow a new product.

Their development framework helps them test ideas quickly.