A buildpack is software that transforms application source code into runnable artifacts
by analyzing the code and determining the best way to build it.
The lifecycle is a binary responsible for orchestrating buildpacks.
A buildpack group is a list of individual buildpacks that are designged to work together to build an application.
The concept of targets is used to identify compatibility between buildpacks and base images.
Learn strategies for caching layers at build-time for future re-use.
A composite buildpack, also sometimes called a “meta-buildpack”, is a buildpack that does not contain any ./bin/detect or ./bin/build binaries, but instead references other buildpacks in its buildpack.toml via the [[order]] array. This is useful for composing more complex detection strategies.
An image extension is software that generates Dockerfiles that can be used to extend base images for buildpacks builds.