Core Concepts

Core Concepts explains the model shared by every GoForj App. Start with the question you need to answer rather than reading the section in order.

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Question	Read
Where does an App begin and how do additional apps differ?	Apps
What starts, runs, and shuts down?	App Lifecycle and Runtime Topology
How does a constructor become part of the App?	Dependency Injection, then Provider Patterns for conditional or shared construction
Why did Wire fail?	Reading Wire Errors
How do I add or remove an application resource?	Make Command Reference
Which files are regenerated, render-once, or App-owned?	Code Generation
Where does a specific service, controller, job, or command get wired?	Wiring Recipes
How do names map to packages and generated resources?	Naming Conventions and Named Resources
How does runtime configuration select compiled integrations?	Drivers and Adapters
How can the same App begin locally and move to shared infrastructure?	Local-First Development