Terminology

By Korvin Szanto

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"Core"

• Core Team
• Core Feature
• Open source

Everything contained within the concrete directory

"Application"

• Overrides
• Custom blocks
• Configuration
• Autoloading

Everything contained within the "application" directory

"Package"

An extension to the core

"Theme"

What your site looks like

• Elemental
• CSS and JS
• Images
• Page templates
• Elements
• Dashboard Theme

"Block"

A self contained piece of functionality for the front end

• Content block
• Form block
• Autonav block

"Container"

Also called "IoC container" or "Application"

• Keeps track of singleton objects
• Keeps track of class bindings
• Aliased to "\Core"
• Used for instantiating objects
• Manages dependencies

"Asset"

A javascript, css, or less file

• Registered with the AssetList
• Included with code
• Dependencies managed

"Service"

An object that takes care of an aspect of the application

• Use to be called "helper" (sort of)
• General term to refer to classes that do stuff for us
• Sometimes accompanied by a "Service Provider"

"Facade"

An object that sits between a service to allows for accessing methods statically

• Just for convenience
• Tied to the IoC container
• Enables accessing a service statically
• Slow, probably should be avoided

"Controller"

A class that coordinates functionality

• Package controller
• Block controller
• Page Theme controller
• Page Type controller