openproject/docs/development/concepts

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[{title Development concepts}]	Get an overview of the development process and concepts at OpenProject	development concepts, big picture

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:

Topic	Content
Application architecture	An introduction of the application architecture used at OpenProject.
State management	How does the frontend handle state and react to changes?
HAL resources	What are HAL resources and how are they used in the frontend?
Permissions	How are roles and permissions handled in OpenProject code?
Translations	How are translations used and built?
Resource schemas	What is a schema and how is it tied to an editable resource?
Resource changesets	How is change tracked to resources in the frontend? How to save the changes.
Inline editing	How does inline editing and the edit field functionality work in OpenProject?
Queries and QuerySpace	What is the Query API concept and how is it used in the frontend?