Reading path for web framework developers #

This page is for developers who want an order to read in. Each stage takes about half a day; the task in stage 2 is the hands-on part. Skip the stages your project does not need.

Contents #

1. Stage 1: orientation
2. Stage 2: the request and your first module
3. Stage 3: data
4. Stage 4: cross-cutting concerns
5. Stage 5: background work and APIs
6. Stage 6: operating it
7. Stage 7: other frameworks alongside
8. After this path

Stage 1: orientation #

1. Exponential for web framework developers
2. Your "coming from" page: Symfony, Laravel, Slim, CodeIgniter, Yii, CakePHP or Laminas, Django or Rails, Express or Spring
3. Concept dictionary
4. When to choose Exponential

Stage 2: the request and your first module #

1. The request lifecycle
2. Siteaccesses
3. Routing, Pretty URLs
4. Controllers, Responses
5. The view layer, Template resolution, Fetch functions
6. Do it: Task: build a small CRUD module

Stage 3: data #

1. The content model for ORM users
2. ORM: eZPersistentObject
3. Queries
4. Migrations and seed data

Stage 4: cross-cutting concerns #

1. Configuration, Environments and secrets
2. Dependency injection, Extension points
3. Middleware, Events and listeners, Workflows
4. Authentication, Authorization
5. Forms and CSRF, Validation
6. Caching, HTTP caching
7. Translations and right-to-left

Stage 5: background work and APIs #

1. Command line
2. Queues, Scheduled tasks
3. REST and JSON APIs, Headless front ends

Stage 6: operating it #

1. Testing, Debugging
2. Servers and deployment, Packages
3. Ten pitfalls, Checklists

Stage 7: other frameworks alongside #

1. Mixing Exponential and a framework
2. The Symfony legacy bridge
3. The platform products

After this path #

• The application creators' guides go deeper into each topic (Application creators: start here, their reading path).
• The extension development book teaches every extension point step by step (Extension development).
• The template language section explains the language in depth (The template language).

Related pages #

• Web framework developers: start here
• Web framework developer FAQ
• Glossary for web framework developers
• Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.