.. Copyright 2022 NWChemEx-Project
..
.. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
.. you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
.. You may obtain a copy of the License at
..
.. http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
..
.. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
.. distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
.. WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
.. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
.. limitations under the License.

.. _pp_background:

#####################
PluginPlay Background
#####################

The topics in this part are meant to motivate the need for the PluginPlay
project, and provide a high-level introduction to the concepts and
architecture of PluginPlay. More details of the design are found in the
developer documentation :ref:`pp_developer`.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: Contents:

   overview
   scientific_software
   statement_of_need
   alternatives
   terminology
   architecture