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InvenTree Source Documentation
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:caption: Index
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Getting Started<start>
Configuration<config>
Deployment<deploy>
Migrate Data<migrate>
Update InvenTree<update>
Backup and Restore<backup>
Modal Forms<forms>
Tables<tables>
REST API<rest>
InvenTree Modules <modules>
Module Reference<reference>
The documentation found here is provided to be useful for developers working on the InvenTree codebase. User documentation can be found on the `InvenTree website <https://inventree.github.io>`_.
Documentation for the Python modules is auto-generated from the `InvenTree codebase <https://github.com/InvenTree/InvenTree>`_.
Code Structure
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**Backend**
InvenTree is developed using the `django web framework <https://www.djangoproject.com/>`_, a powerful toolkit for making web applications in Python.
The database management code and business logic is written in Python 3. Core functionality is separated into individual modules (or *apps* using the django nomenclature).
Each *app* is located in a separate directory under InvenTree. Each *app* contains python modules named according to the standard django configuration.
**Frontend**
The web frontend rendered using a mixture of technologies.
Base HTML code is rendered using the `django templating language <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/topics/templates/>`_ which provides low-level access to the underlying database models.
jQuery is also used to implement front-end logic, and desponse to user input. A REST API is provided to facilitate client-server communication.