concrete5 ships with a bunch of built-in blocks to build a basic site without adding any additional components. However, the deeper you get into concrete5 the more you'll realize that you want more features.
Thankfully, there's a marketplace with some free and some commercial add-ons to extend concrete5 without having any development skills.
We are going to look at the structure of add-ons to learn about their parts in order to get a first impression about how an add-on looks under the hood. Even if you don't intend to build your own blocks or packages, this helps you to understand the basics of concrete5 and makes it easier to help and support your customers.
In this chapter we're going to look at the following topics:
A few words about what an add-on actually is
The installation of a new add-on from the marketplace
The manual installation process of an add-on
A quick look at the basic structure of a theme and block