It depends on what your goal is. If your goal is to build a toy app for the hell of it then you can probably get away with a few scripts and a sqlite database a

It depends on what your goal is. If your goal is to build a toy app for the hell of it then you can probably get away with a few scripts and a sqlite database and call it a day. If your goal is to learn a specific framework, then go for it. Generally speaking, the overhead of a framework is usually worth it for larger projects but not necessarily for smaller ones.