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The purpose of this page is to provide an overview of the code for those who would like to understand it's workings.
The project breaks down into two main components: a back end that basically surfaces the Specify datamodel as a set of resources according to REST principles and a front end that provides a UI for interacting with those resources.
The role of the back end is three-fold. Most important it provides RESTful access to the underlying database and implements business rules necessary to maintain data integrity. It is also responsible for authentication and for serving the static resources needed by the front end.
The back end is implemented in Python and makes use of the Django framework for ORM and authentication subsystems. The TastyPie library for Django is used to facilitate the implementation of the API resources.