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<span id="frameworks"></span><h1>Program Frameworks<a class="headerlink" href="#program-frameworks" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>The modules described in this chapter are frameworks that will largely dictate
the structure of your program. Currently the modules described here are all
oriented toward writing command-line interfaces.</p>
<p>The full list of modules described in this chapter is:</p>
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