Extension Key: doc_core_api
Copyright 2000-2007, Kasper Skårhøj, <kasperYYYY@typo3.com>
This document is published under the Open Content License
available from http://www.opencontent.org/opl.shtml
The content of this document is related to TYPO3
- a GNU/GPL CMS/Framework available from www.typo3.com
Revised for TYPO3 4.1, April 2007
TYPO3 is known for its extendibility but until now there has not been a complete resource for information about the Core APIs in TYPO3. This document aims to provide such document, sometimes very detailed and complete, at other times only scratching the surface - but at least providing pointers into some direction.
This document is the second part of the "Inside TYPO3" document which contains the overall introduction to the architecture of TYPO3s core. "Inside TYPO3" also contains API descriptions to a certain degree but mostly in the form of examples and short table listings.
The documents do not contain any significant information about the frontend of TYPO3. Creating templates, setting up TypoScript objects etc. is not the scope of these documents; they are about the backend part of the core only.
I hope these two documents, "Inside TYPO3" and "TYPO3 Core API", will finally form a complete picture of the TYPO3 Core architecture, the backend and be the reference of choice in your work with TYPO3. It has taken me more than a year to finally get these published!
I want to dedicate this document to the people in TYPO3s community who has the discipline to do the boring job of writing documentation for their extensions or contributes to TYPO3 documentation in general. It's great to have good coders, but it's even more important to have coders with character to carry their work through till the end - even when it means spending days writing good documents. Go for completeness!
- kasper
