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docs: Add a brief architecture overview section on frontend.

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@@ -118,6 +118,23 @@ There is detailed documentation on the
[real-time push and event queue system](events-system.html); most of [real-time push and event queue system](events-system.html); most of
the code is in `zerver/tornado`. the code is in `zerver/tornado`.
#### HTML templates, JavaScript, etc.
Zulip's HTML is primarily implemented using two types of HTML
templates: backend templates (powered by the [Jinja2][] template
engine used for logged-out ("portico") pages and the webapp's base
content) and frontend templates (powered by [Handlebars][]) used for
live-rendering HTML from JavaScript for things like the main message
feed.
For more details on the frontend, see our documentation on
[templates and translation](translating.html),
[directory structure](directory-structure.html), and
[the static asset pipeline](front-end-build-process.html).
[Jinja2]: http://jinja.pocoo.org/
[Handlebars]: http://handlebarsjs.com/
### nginx ### nginx
nginx is the front-end web server to all Zulip traffic; it serves static nginx is the front-end web server to all Zulip traffic; it serves static