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6/3/2014 5:03 AM
 

Hi,

 I am new to DNN and currently working with the latest version.

 I am having trouble finding any kind of developer documentation, programming references and API details outside of the information provided on the DNN site.

Does anyone have any links to a proper developer document and/or programming reference (or help file) so I can get developing rather than spending half my time searching for information that doesn't seem to be accessible (sorry for ranting off, need to get developing asap).

 Thanks in advance.

T

 
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6/3/2014 7:08 AM
 
most of the details are hidden in the WiKi (http://dnnsoftware.com/wiki

Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

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6/5/2014 9:57 AM
 

Thanks for the link but as you said "hidden", well to be fair its appalling.

 

I went through the whole wiki page, tried those links and they provide superficial information at best, where are the actual coding references, API docs like you find in MSDN and other half mature products?

 

I am perplexed at how difficult it is to get any information, is the knowledge solely on this forum dispersed between the people in the know?

 

I apologise if I am coming across a bit annoyed because I am, my productivity has stalled because all I want to do is have access to a basic API reference, something that at least tells me what DNN specific statements do, what commands do what etc like you would expect if you were developing for any other product.

 

Thank you.

 
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6/5/2014 10:59 AM
 
I fear, documentation is an issue for many open source products - many developers only trust the source code itself.
I am well aware that it is not easy to get familiar with the API, but unfortunately, I don't really have another solution, besides videos, wiki, forums and books, sorry.

Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

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6/6/2014 7:04 PM
 
a core API helpfile is published for each release - see http://dotnetnuke.codeplex.com/releas... (this has recently seen a number of pull requests with updates contributed by community members but we welcome others)

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