TiddlyWiki5/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/dev/TiddlyWikiArchitecture.tid

created: 20130825162100000
creator: JeremyRuston
modified: 20131203074943344
modifier: JeremyRuston
tags: dev
title: TiddlyWikiArchitecture
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki

The heart of TiddlyWiki can be seen as an extensible representation transformation engine for text and images. Given the text of a tiddler and its associated ContentType, the engine can produce a rendering of the tiddler in a new ContentType. Furthermore, it can efficiently selectively update the rendering to track any changes in the tiddler or its dependents.

The primary use of the engine is to convert raw `text/vnd.tiddlywiki` WikiText into a `text/html` or `text/plain` representation for display. The transclusion and templating features of WikiText allow the engine to also be used to generate TiddlyWiki HTML files from raw tiddlers.

If you're interested in understanding more about the internal operation of TiddlyWiki, start by reviewing [[TiddlyWiki5 for Developers]] and then read the code -- start with the boot kernel [[$:/boot/boot.js]].
Docs update 2013-12-03 09:05:53 +00:00			`created: 20130825162100000`
Docs update Tearing up the recent changes tab... 2013-08-25 20:22:11 +00:00			`creator: JeremyRuston`
Docs update 2013-12-03 09:05:53 +00:00			`modified: 20131203074943344`
Introduce plugin module mechanism See the readme for details 2012-04-30 11:23:03 +00:00			`modifier: JeremyRuston`
Get rid of the 'docs' tag It was unnecessary, since everything here is documentation 2013-08-25 20:41:00 +00:00			`tags: dev`
Docs update Tearing up the recent changes tab... 2013-08-25 20:22:11 +00:00			`title: TiddlyWikiArchitecture`
Docs update 2013-12-03 09:05:53 +00:00			`type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki`
Introduce plugin module mechanism See the readme for details 2012-04-30 11:23:03 +00:00
Docs updates 2013-03-02 13:14:56 +00:00			`The heart of TiddlyWiki can be seen as an extensible representation transformation engine for text and images. Given the text of a tiddler and its associated ContentType, the engine can produce a rendering of the tiddler in a new ContentType. Furthermore, it can efficiently selectively update the rendering to track any changes in the tiddler or its dependents.`
Introduce plugin module mechanism See the readme for details 2012-04-30 11:23:03 +00:00
More docs updates 2012-12-28 23:08:28 +00:00			The primary use of the engine is to convert raw `text/vnd.tiddlywiki` WikiText into a `text/html` or `text/plain` representation for display. The transclusion and templating features of WikiText allow the engine to also be used to generate TiddlyWiki HTML files from raw tiddlers.
Introduce plugin module mechanism See the readme for details 2012-04-30 11:23:03 +00:00
Docs update 2013-12-03 09:05:53 +00:00			`If you're interested in understanding more about the internal operation of TiddlyWiki, start by reviewing [[TiddlyWiki5 for Developers]] and then read the code -- start with the boot kernel [[$:/boot/boot.js]].`