Title: Frameworks in WordPress for a Programmer
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Frameworks in WordPress for a Programmer

 *  [JustinTinG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justinting/)
 * (@justinting)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/frameworks-in-wordpress-for-a-programmer/)
 * I’ve been developing websites for a few years, mainly using other CMS systems
   or php applications.
 * I have a few clients who I have made small (I mean really small) changes for 
   on their wordpress sites. And since then have wanted to get deeper into WP theme
   development.
 * There are a lot of wordpress ‘frameworks’ (Genesis, Thesis …) but these seam 
   to simply add an extra layer of unneeded complexity to the theme development.
   I expect their advantages lie in allowing designers to customise the layouts 
   without having to without get into coding or template editing.
 * So my question, would these frameworks offer a real advantage (faster theme development
   times) to me (a php programmer) or am I better off developing for ‘pure’ wordpress.

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