.. _dev_site:

Site Development
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This section contains instructions and guidelines for developing apps for your
SODAR Core based site.

We first show you how to
:ref:`integrate SODAR Core <dev_integration>` into an existing site. If you have
set up a new site using the SODAR Django template repository as described in
:ref:`getting_started`, you can skip the next chapter.
Next, we describe the process of developing
:ref:`project apps <dev_project_app>`, which are the most common type of app on
SODAR Core based sites. In the following pages we discuss
:ref:`site apps <dev_site_app>` and :ref:`backend apps <dev_backend_app>`,
followed by general :ref:`resources <dev_resource>` and
:ref:`guidelines <dev_guideline>` for development.

For development of the SODAR Core package itself, see :ref:`contributing` and
:ref:`dev_core_overview`.