the current trend of plugging together frameworks and libraries does lead to some pretty boring, frustrating work. And the unfortunate thing is that in many cases they don't even reduce the complexity of the solution. (They certainly don't simplify the /problem/)
There's a fascination with shiny new things and it's tempting to think that the latest and greatest download from some smart guy solves the problem you are solving. But after a couple years working in that manner I'm not so sure.
I think it's tempting to view frameworks and/or libraries as an implementation of software patterns, and also as a way to avoid learning your trade. That's probably not concious thought behind it, but you see it in so many things... if you just learn this framework or use this library, you won't have to learn html, or css, or sockets, or synchronisation, or searching and sorting, or...
There's a fascination with shiny new things and it's tempting to think that the latest and greatest download from some smart guy solves the problem you are solving. But after a couple years working in that manner I'm not so sure.
I think it's tempting to view frameworks and/or libraries as an implementation of software patterns, and also as a way to avoid learning your trade. That's probably not concious thought behind it, but you see it in so many things... if you just learn this framework or use this library, you won't have to learn html, or css, or sockets, or synchronisation, or searching and sorting, or...