JavaScript framework is a collection of pre-written code that provides a structure for building web applications, so developers don't have to start from scratch. It's like using a pre-fabricated house frame instead of chopping down trees and milling your own lumber, because ain't nobody got time for that.

How to use it in a sentence

• I was going to build that new web app from vanilla JavaScript, but then I remembered I have a life outside of work, so I used a JavaScript framework instead.

• My boss keeps talking about how we need to switch to the latest JavaScript framework released by Facebook, but I'm pretty sure he doesn't even know how to code and just wants to sound hip.

If you actually want to learn more...

• Segregated DOM: Learn how to avoid creating a jumbled mess of jQuery soup in your single-page web app by using the Segregated DOM pattern to keep your concerns separated like a good little developer.

• Serverless: Discover how you can build web applications without having to deal with those pesky server processes by relying on third-party services and client-side logic. It's like having your cake and eating it too!

• Web2.0: Get a blast from the past and learn about the buzzword that took the internet by storm in the mid-2000s. Impress your coworkers with your knowledge of ancient web history.

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