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# Cubbles documentation

This guide gives you a basic understanding of what cubbles are and how to build and use them in any arbitrary webapp.

**On top of the approach of web components** (webcomponents.org) - the **Cubbles Platform** provides a software infrastructure to support the whole lifecycle of a (web) component - from design to usage.

**Cubbles Components** reside in a server-side repository (the **Cubbles Base**). At runtime each **Cubbles Component Instance (aka "cubble")** provides a simple interface to be interoperable a) with each other and b) with the DOM-Api.

**Cubbles** can act as

* a visual element of your applications user interface,
* a function block for (client-side) data processing and/or
* a connector to any (server-side) 3rd party data service.

## Usage Scenarios

You can use Cubbles Components e.g. to:

* Visualize the latest business figures.
* Include search based information into any pages.
* Put the same contact formular on multiple pages (of different webapplications).