Core: introduction

As stated in the Architecture:

Core functionality is considered functionality that does not or very loosely tie in to particular modules. It is functionality that has meaning on its own without dependencies, but is enriched by modules.

The core really implements the “engine” of Open Forms and hides all the implementation details. It should be fairly stable, but also continually allow for new feature additions, which is a challenging task!

The following Django apps are considered core functionality:

• openforms.accounts: (staff) user account management

• openforms.config: application-wide configuration and defaults

• openforms.forms: designing and building of forms

• openforms.formio: integration with the form.io frontend library

• openforms.submissions: persisting and handling of submitted form data

• openforms.variables: persisting (intermediate) data into variables for further operations