Getting Started
Crash course
This is a quick course on CompoundJS. It walks you through creating your first app and will help you learn the basic structure and use of the powerful CompoundJS generators and tools.
Elements Explained
Take a closer look at CompoundJS elements; each fulfills its own function. This guide teaches you how to use each part of CompoundJS and bundle those parts together to create awesome applications.
CompoundJS Essentials
Routing
Draw your application's routing map in a few expressions. This guide shows you the power and beauty of the CompoundJS routing map.
Controllers
Everything you need to know about controllers and the request handling flow: actions, hooks, and the middleware stack.
Models
Brief guide with some examples and advice for JugglingDB starters. This is not a complete guide, but better than nothing. See documenatation for more information about the JugglingDB ORM used in CompoundJS.
View/layouts Rendering
Views, layouts, templating engines and all related stuff (except helpers, because helpers are a big theme worthy of a separate guide).
View Helpers
Everything about built-in and custom-made helpers. Learn how to create your own helpers and helper-related techniques to simplify and beautify your views.
Testing
Learn how to test your application.
Deploy
This guide shows how you can deploy your application.
Security
Types of attacks and how to protect your app against them. Which CompoundJS features could be helpful.
Advanced topics
Meta-programming
Short guide about meta-programming techniques that could be used to apply DRY to controllers and reuse controller code.
Events, Compound API
Learn how to use events to hook up particular application loading stages. Then use API methods to configure CompoundJS for your application needs.
Building Extensions
Let's see how to extend CompoundJS and make your code reusable using the extensions API.