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Development Options

There are a number of development interfaces depending on your purpose.

API or Interface	Description	Fieldpine Online	Store Servers	PosGreen
Primitives	Uses more "command line" style directives to interact with the Fieldpine Engine Very easy for client side web development Only interface capable of working with live sales	Yes	Yes	Yes / Partial
OpenAPI	General purpose APIs for direct interfacing. The classic REST like interface.	Yes	Yes	Limited
eLink	Deep technical interface with machine friendly design. Powerful, but complex to learn Other APIs sometimes internally translate and use this API themselves Not recommended for new development if other options exist Subtle changes may occur without warning, limited version control available. Users are expected to self manage version control	Yes	Yes	Limited

Concepts

If you are just getting acquainted with Fieldpine here are some articles you might like to read

Server Sent Events Using SSE in web browsers and applications to receive realtime notifications about changes to data such as stock levels, product or customer edits. Suitable for browsers and external applications wanting realtime updates.

Usage Charging Automating charging from external sources that provide some form of "use" data. Some well known examples might be water meter billing, electricity billing or cellphone rating. Basically anything that provides automated records of use or counters.