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Title: Introduction to ADF
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Added: 2019-03-13
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---
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# Introduction to the Application Development Framework (ADF)
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Alfresco's Application Development Framework (ADF) lets you add your own custom front end to the existing Alfresco services.
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ADF is a set of custom [TypeScript](https://www.typescriptlang.org/) classes based on
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the [Angular](https://angular.io/) web application framework. The most important classes
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are the **components** that implement interactive UI features.
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The components and other classes access information from Alfresco's main backend products,
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[Content Services](https://www.alfresco.com/platform/content-services-ecm) and
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[Process Services](https://www.alfresco.com/platform/process-services-bpm).
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You can combine these classes to produce your own custom web app with the exact styling,
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branding, and features that you need. Some examples of where this can be useful are:
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- **Feature based apps** with functionality based around tasks that arise frequently
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in your business.
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- **Role based apps** where specific types of user have their own feature set, tailor-made
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for their role in the business.
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- [**Mashups**](https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/mash-up) where Alfresco services
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are integrated with services from other suppliers in the same app.
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## Getting started with ADF
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You can find full instructions for installing ADF and its prerequisites in our
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tutorial
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[_Creating your first ADF application_](../tutorials/creating-your-first-adf-application.md).
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When you have the environment and the scaffold app set up, the other
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[tutorials](../tutorials/README.md) then explain how to connect to the backend services
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and add custom features to your app. Use the [component reference](../README.md) pages
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to learn [about component](../core/components/about.component.md) features and the [user guide](../user-guide/README.md)
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to learn about specific tasks and topics in depth.
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