Introduction - Definitions, technologies, components and overall architecture

The Ocean Builder's Pod Management app is a complex software project that involves several components communicating with each other and it is actually an ecosystem formed by many different technologies, programming languages, code repositories and network protocols and offering a range of user experience depending on what is the user relationship with Ocean Builders, where is the user connecting from and  what device is used to do so.

This documentation is intended for readers with general tech knowledge but not necessarily deep knowledge in any of the technologies involved. It will not go down to the implementation level. For details about specific implementations please check the related repositories in our GitHub organization.

In this introduction document we will give a general overview of the different components involved, how they are being implemented, what is their role in the overall system and how do they communicate with each other. We will then expand on each of those components in other documents inside this book.