openproject/docs/development/concepts/README.md

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# OpenProject Development Concepts

OpenProject development encompasses a large number of complex topics and terminologies.
This guide will introduce some concepts and give you a big picture of the development processes.

Please choose an area that you would like to read about:

| Topics                                        | Description                                                                   |
| --------------------------------------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Application architecture](application-architecture)      | An introduction of the application architecture used at OpenProject. |
| [Resource schemas](resource-schemas)          | What is a schema and how is it tied to an editable resource? |
| [Resource changesets](resource-changesets)    | How is change tracked to resources in the frontend and how to save the changes? |
| [Inline editing](inline-editing)              | How does inline editing and the edit field functionality work in OpenProject? |
| [Queries and QuerySpace](queries)             | What is the Query API concept and how is it used in the frontend? |