Architecture and Engineering
Welcome to the Open edX Architecture and Engineering Space! Take a look around and feel free to contribute and post comments.
Here are a few noteworthy pages in this space:
Architecture Learning Resources, plus Architecture Onboarding Prez | recommends readings and resources for learning about software architecture, including reference to the latest architecture onboarding presentation. |
| Architecture Vision & Principles | contains diagrams and description of the future direction of the platform, plus architecture principles/manifesto for the platform. |
| edX Glossary | is a dictionary of common edX terms. |
| How-Tos | collects documents with how-tos on various development and deployment operations. (These should eventually be moved to a more permanent location in Github.) |
| Architecture Design Documents | houses helpful information about the current and near-future architecture of Open edX. (These should eventually be moved to a more permanent location in Github.) |
| Architecture Notes and Thoughts | time-sensitive notes and discussions that may no longer be accurate. Feel free to use this section for discussing ideas with the community. |
| Platform-Core Team | provides information on the roadmap, project plans, and further detail of on-going work by the edX Architecture team. |
You may also be interested in the following documents (located outside of this space):
| Developer Documentation | Public top-level index of Open edX developer documents. |
| Engineering (edX-Internal) | Private top-level index of edX developer documents. |
| Open edX Operations | Confluence pages for people installing, running, and managing Open edX installations. |
| Open edX Answers | Common questions and answers from the Open edX community. |
| Front End Development | Wiki space for temporary documentation on Open edX frontend development. |
Questions? Contact our Chief Architect, Nimisha Asthagiri by slack (@nimisha) or email.
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