Glossary for DXP developers
This page is for developers who meet a term on these pages and want its meaning in one line. Terms are in alphabetical order.
Contents
A to F
| Term | Meaning | Exponential 6 | Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Admin UI | The administration interface at /adminui/ | the admin designs | The admin UI |
| Alias (command) | An old command name that still works, such as ibexa:reindex | Console commands | |
| Content item | One piece of content of a content type | content object | Content |
| Content type | The definition of a kind of content with its fields | content class | same |
| Design | A named, ordered list of themes | design chain | Twig and the design engine |
| DXP | Digital Experience Platform; here, the distribution se7enxweb/exponential-platform-dxp | What it is | |
| Encore | Webpack Encore, which builds stylesheets and scripts | the packer | Building assets |
| Field type | The kind of a field (text line, image, relation) | datatype | Field types |
| Flex | Symfony's Composer plugin that applies recipes | Project layout | |
| Fork | A se7enxweb copy of an upstream package, changed for this line | The forks |
G to M
| Term | Meaning | Exponential 6 | Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| GraphiQL | The in-browser GraphQL explorer, development only | GraphQL | |
| HTTP cache | Whole responses cached and purged by tags | static and view caches | HTTP cache |
| JWT | A signed token an app sends instead of a session | JWT | |
| Location | A place of a content item in the tree | node | Content |
| Metapackage | A Composer package without code that lists other packages | Reading the metapackage | |
| Messenger | Symfony's message queue component | Messenger |
N to S
| Term | Meaning | Exponential 6 | Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nexus | The Exponential Platform distribution with Exponential Layouts and a demo site | Choosing | |
| Recipe | Configuration a Flex package writes into your project | Project layout | |
| Replace | A Composer declaration that a package provides another | The forks | |
| Repository | The content storage and its PHP services | the kernel's content classes | Content |
| Scope | Where a setting applies: default, a group, a siteaccess, global | INI override order | Siteaccesses |
| Siteaccess | A named configuration chosen per request | siteaccess | Siteaccesses |
| Skeleton | The project template you create a DXP project from | Installing |
T to Z
| Term | Meaning | Exponential 6 | Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theme | A directory of templates and assets inside a design | a design directory | The standard design and your theme |
| Twig component | A small output piece added to a named group | Twig components | |
| Variation | A generated size of an image | image alias | Image variations |
| Version | One state of a content item: draft, published, archived | version | Content |
Related pages
- Glossary for advocates
- Glossary for extension developers
- DXP developer FAQ
- Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.
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