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.. _api-overview:

TYPO3 explained
===============

   The source is the documentation! (General wisdom)

The TYPO3 APIs are first and foremost documented inside of the source
scripts. It would be impossible to maintain documentation at more than
one location given the fact that things change and sometimes fast.
This chapter describes the most important elements of the API.


.. toctree::
   :titlesonly:
   :maxdepth: 1

   DirectoryStructure/Index
   Namespaces/Index
   Autoloading/Index
   Bootstrapping/Index
   GlobalValues/Index
   BackendUserObject/Index
   Typo3CoreEngine/Index
   FormEngine/Index
   Database/Index
   Internationalization/Index
   Workspaces/Index
   Fal/Index
   CachingFramework/Index
   SystemLog/Index
   Logging/Index
   ErrorAndExceptionHandling/Index
   SystemRegistry/Index
   Mail/Index
   Services/Index
   Authentication/Index
   FormProtection/Index
   FlashMessages/Index
   Categories/Index
   Collections/Index
   Enumerations/Index
   Http/Index
   Icon/Index
   Hooks/Index
   Xclasses/Index
   FeatureToggles/Index
   JavaScript/Index
   SoftReferences/Index
   SessionStorageFramework/Index
   Rte/Index
   TypoScriptSyntax/Index
   PageTypes/Index
   UserSettingsConfiguration/Index
   ExtensionScanner/Index
   Examples/Index