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<h2 class="page-heading">Magento 2 Developer Documentation</h2>

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<h2 class="no-padding">Get Started with Magento</h2>

<h3><a href="{{ site.gdeurl21 }}architecture/bk-architecture.html">Magento Architecture</a></h3>

<p>What is Magento? How the Magento platform is organized, overview of modules, file system, and database.</p>

<h3><a href="{{ site.gdeurl21 }}release-notes/bk-release-notes.html">Release Information</a></h3>

<p>New features, enhancements, and behavior changes in Magento 2.</p>

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<h2 class="no-padding">System Administrators</h2>

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<h3><a href="{{ site.gdeurl21 }}install-gde/bk-install-guide.html">Installation Guide</a></h3>

<p>How to install the Magento software and components.</p>

<h3><a href="{{ site.gdeurl21 }}comp-mgr/bk-compman-upgrade-guide.html">Component Manager and Upgrade Guide</a></h3>

<p>How to manage Magento components (extensions, language packages, and themes).</p>

<h3><a href="{{ site.gdeurl21 }}config-guide/bk-config-guide.html">Configuration Guide</a></h3>

<p>Learn how to configure Magento and integrate third-party software with Magento.</p>

<h3><a href="{{ site.gdeurl21 }}migration/bk-migration-guide.html">Migration Guide</a></h3>

<p>Migrate data from Magento 1.x to Magento 2.0.</p>

<h3><a href="{{ site.gdeurl21 }}cloud/bk-cloud.html">Magento Enterprise Cloud Guide</a></h3>

<p>Spin up and maintain Magento Enterprise Edition in a cloud environment.</p>

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<h3><a href="{{ site.gdeurl21 }}contributor-guide/contributing.html">Contributor Guide</a></h3>

<p>How to contribute to the Magento 2 codebase and to Magento 2 documentation.</p>

<h3><a href="{{ site.gdeurl21 }}frontend-dev-guide/bk-frontend-dev-guide.html">Frontend Developer Guide</a></h3>

<p>Customize your storefront.</p>

<h3><a href="{{ site.gdeurl21 }}ui_comp_guide/bk-ui_comps.html">UI Components Guide</a></h3>

<p>How to use grids, forms, and other elements of the Magento UI Components.</p>

<h3><a href="{{ site.gdeurl21 }}javascript-dev-guide/bk-javascript-dev-guide.html">JavaScript Developer Guide</a></h3>

<p>Everything you need to know about Magento and JavaScript.</p>

<h3><a href="{{ site.gdeurl21 }}extension-dev-guide/bk-extension-dev-guide.html">PHP Developer Guide</a></h3>

<p>What is Magento? How the Magento platform is organized, overview of modules, file system, and database.</p>

<p>What is an extension? A module service contract? Create or customize, and test and package extensions.</p>

<h3><a href="{{ site.gdeurl21 }}ext-best-practices/bk-ext-best-practices.html">Extension Developer Best Practices Guide</a></h3>

<p>Learn how to design your component so it behaves correctly with the Magento-provided components and other third-party components.</p>

<h3><a href="{{ site.gdeurl21 }}test/testing.html">Magento Testing Guide</a></h3>

<p>Start using the Magento testing frameworks: unit, integration, and functional.</p>

<h3><a href="{{ site.gdeurl21 }}coding-standards/bk-coding-standards.html">Coding Standards</a></h3>

<p>Which standards should I follow when I code extensions or customize my storefront?</p>

<h3><a href="{{ site.gdeurl21 }}get-started/bk-get-started-api.html">Get Started with Magento Web APIs</a></h3>

<p>What are the web APIs? How can I call the REST and SOAP web APIs?</p>

<h3><a href="{{ site.gdeurl21 }}rest/bk-rest.html">REST API Reference</a></h3>

<p>Provides reference information for REST.</p>

<h3><a href="{{ site.gdeurl21 }}soap/bk-soap.html">SOAP Reference</a></h3>

<p>Provides reference information for SOAP.</p>

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<h2 class="no-padding">Designers</h2>

<h3><a href="{{ site.gdeurl21 }}pattern-library/bk-pattern.html">Admin Design Pattern Library</a></h3>

<p>Reusable design patterns provide definitions, instructions and specifications.</p>

<h3><a href="{{ site.gdeurl21 }}design-styleguide/bk-styleguide.html">Admin Style Guide</a></h3>

<p>Includes guidance for creators of Magento components.

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