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? |
