Help for Application creators

Build applications on Exponential: content models, modules and views, the APIs, extensions and testing.

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Application creators: start here The landing page for application creators - what Exponential gives an application, a first-week plan, and e...
Extension development: the book (start here) A complete book on growing from user to builder, extension developer and theme developer with Exponential:...
AI, agents and agentic: start here The landing page for people who use AI with Exponential and for people who build agents and agentic workflo...
Mobile app developers: start here The landing page for developers who build iOS, Android, cross-platform or browser apps on top of Exponentia...
The application creator's reading path The pages of the application creators' section in the order an application is built - six stages from the f...
Build with Exponential: why, which product, first steps The "Build with Exponential" page of exponential.earth, checked against the software - why build on it (sim...

Template operators

Every template operator registered on a development installation, grouped by family with parameters, input, return value and examples rendered on a development installation, plus how operators are registered, written…
The template language

The Exponential template language (eZ TPL, ezpl) in depth - what it is and where it came from, its syntax side by side with Smarty, values, variables and namespaces, control structures, the object model of nodes…
Mobile apps, headless use and networks

The landing page for businesses that reach customers on phones, through their own apps, through partner sites and through feeds - what Exponential offers (responsive designs, REST API v1 and v2, API keys and OAuth…
AI, agents and agentic: reading path

The order in which to read the AI, agents and agentic section - a common start for everyone, then separate paths for editors, administrators, data protection officers, developers with a coding agent and builders of…
Mobile app developers reading path

The order in which to read the Mobile app developers section - a one-hour path to a first working list screen, then four stages (understand, connect, build, ship), and extra pages for apps that write content, work…
AI, agents and agentic: FAQ

Short answers to the questions people ask about AI in Exponential - does it publish, which providers, does content leave the server, what does it cost, can it be switched off, how do agents connect and authenticate, and…

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