[weinzierl]

"For example, try building Google Docs without a frontend library. You will struggle [..]"

Except that Google Docs is not built with a framework. At least not a generic one and being generic is kind of the hallmark of framework.

[cheema33]

> Except that Google Docs is not built with a framework.

It is most certainly built with a framework. It is just an internal framework.

[weinzierl]

Internal or external doesn't matter. The question is if it's used for more than one product - if not, then I'd argue it is not a framework.

And, yes, Google has internal JS frameworks, but I am not aware that GoogleDocs is based on one.