Feature anatomy

A feature is an independent Python package that adds one capability to your product. It ships its own models, routes, templates, migrations, assets, tests and configuration. It is also a unit of variability in the SPL, with declared dependencies, a versioned contract and a lifecycle you can observe.

Everything a capability needs travels in one package. Which parts a feature has depends on its archetype.

• Archetypes, the four types, full, light, config and service
• Directory structure, files, folders and where features live
• Key files, what each file does
• Contract and dependencies, the contract, dependency rules and naming
• Content features, a feature that owns a content type and its pages
• Settings, what a feature reads and how your product changes it

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Table of contents

• Archetypes
• Directory structure
• Key files
• Contract and dependencies
• Content features