Help for Ecosystem

The wider Exponential world in the PHP stack: its products, extensions, distributions, partners, users and creators.

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Ecosystem: start here The landing page for the Exponential Ecosystem - the greater Exponential world within the PHP stack, its us...
What the Exponential Ecosystem is The definition of the Exponential Ecosystem - all aspects of the Exponential world within the PHP stack, it...
Partners, community and ecosystem The three circles of people around Exponential - partners, the community and the greater ecosystem - in the...
The Exponential ecosystem map How the parts of the Exponential ecosystem connect - from PHP and Composer through the kernel, Velocity and...
A short history of the Exponential ecosystem How the Exponential ecosystem came to be, in the past tense - the code base that began as eZ Publish and wa...
Ecosystem reading path The order in which to read the ecosystem section of the Exponential help - a core path of ten pages for eve...

Ecosystem FAQ

Short answers to common questions about the Exponential ecosystem - what belongs to it, the products and distributions, packages and versions, PHP and databases, the organizations, and how to take part.
Ecosystem glossary

The words of the Exponential ecosystem - from AdminUI, CMF and distribution to dual kernel, fork, legacy bridge, meta package, Nexus, Packagist, Qbix, site package and Zeta Components - each in one or two sentences with…
Ecosystem checklists

Checklists for working in the Exponential ecosystem - before describing a product or distribution, before depending on a package, before publishing a package, and before quoting a number about the ecosystem.
The products of the Exponential ecosystem

The landing page of the products part of the ecosystem section - the Exponential 6 kernel, Velocity, Layouts, Intelligence, AdminUI and the admin designs, Exponential Basic and the Symfony-based Platform line including…
The Exponential 6 kernel in the ecosystem

The Exponential 6 kernel as the center of the ecosystem - what it is, its main features as the README lists them, the 6.0 release line and its support, how it is installed with Composer, and what builds on it.
Exponential Velocity in the ecosystem

Exponential Velocity's place in the ecosystem - a web and application server written in PHP, part of Exponential since 6.0.15, its three engines, why it is faster, when a traditional server is still the right answer…

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