# About

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This section outlines, in order, the basic functionality that is needed to build configurable systems using `pconfigs`. 

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- [Construction](construction)
  - {ref}`subsec-construct-an-instance`
  - {ref}`subsec-set-custom-config-values`
  - {ref}`subsec-copy-config-settings`
- [Printing](printing)
  - {ref}`subsec-print-within-your-python-code`
  - {ref}`subsec-print-from-the-command-line`
- [Environments](environments)
  - {ref}`subsec-use-penv-to-declare-environment-variables`
  - {ref}`subsec-set-default-values-for-optional-environment-variables`
  - {ref}`subsec-environment-variable-types-are-auto-cast`
- [Properties](properties)
  - {ref}`subsec-define-computed-properties-with-pproperty`
  - {ref}`subsec-modify-user-input-values-with-pinputs`
  - {ref}`subsec-prevent-users-from-setting-computed-properties`
- [Runnables](runnables)
  - {ref}`subsec-configure-a-runnable-class`
- [Testing](testing)
  - {ref}`subsec-setup-a-project`
  - {ref}`subsec-test-pconfig-files`
  - {ref}`subsec-test-all-subdirectories`
  - {ref}`subsec-test-specific-pconfigs`
- [Enums](enums)
  - {ref}`subsec-use-penum-to-print-interpretable-enum-values`