A method for application development is provided. The method comprises receiving a number of documents, wherein each document represents a component of an application, and wherein a subset of the documents comprises overrides that link one component to another. A file tree structure is created for the application from the documents, wherein the file tree structure is organized according to component type. The documents are grouped according to component type and overrides, and the file tree structure is displayed to a user according to component type or according to a custom view specified by the user, wherein both views display the grouped documents and overrides among the documents.