# Overview

The Cubbles Platform provides a software infrastructure to support the whole life-cycle 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.

In this section you will find the basic information that you need to start using the Cubbles Platform.