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<chapter id="devintro">
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>
phpGroupWare is a web based groupware application framework (API),
for writing applications. Integrated applications such as email,
calendar, todo list, address book, and file manager are included.
</para>
<simplesect>
<title>Overview of application writing</title>
<para>
We have attempted to make writing application for phpGroupWare as
painless as possible. We hope any pain and suffering is cause by making
your application work, but not dealing with phpGroupWare itself.
</para>
</simplesect>
<simplesect>
<title>What does the phpGroupWare API provide?</title>
<para>
The phpGroupWare API handles session management, user/group management,
has support for multiple databases, using the PHPLIB database abstraction
method, we support templates using the PHPLIB Templates class, a file
system interface, and even a network i/o interface. On top of these
standard functions, phpGroupWare provides several functions to give
you the information you need about the users environment, and to properly
plug into phpGroupWare.
</para>
</simplesect>
</chapter>