Distinction Between Code Generation and Compiled Mode about devdocs HOT 5 CLOSED

Thanks so much Alan! Code generation is one of the topics that we identified to explain [better] in our PHP Developers Guide (currently titled Extension Developers Guide). Both conceptually and details such as you point out above; files created, what they do, how to treat them, etc. @xcomSteveJohnson can handle the CLI docs, and @tdobbs, can you capture this info in your draft topic on code generation?
Thanks again, Alan, we will get back with something for you to review.

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Hi Alan,

I'm sure that the documentation will be updated soon.

Currently SE compilation process consists of several steps (not ordered):

• Application code generation (Factories, Proxies, etc.)
• Area configuration aggregation (I.e. *.ser files are optimized DI
  configurations per area, are needed for DI container to construct objects)
• Interceptors generation (optimized code generation of interceptors)
• Interception cache generation (Aggregates plugin/interception
  configuration in optimized way and puts it into Magento cache)
• Repositories code generation (same sense as p.1 - it generates code for
  API)
• Service data attributes generation (Generates extension classes for data
  objects)

You can find all major operations in
\Magento\Setup\Module\Di\App\Task\Operation namespace

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@astorm, we've added some information on code generation at http://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.0/extension-dev-guide/code-generation.html. Let us know if this addresses your issues with this topic--and especially let us know where it doesn't.

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Solid start -- I like it! The only thing i'd suggest is a better introduction or easing into "compiling" code. The anyone with a background in programming, the work "compile" usually means converting something like C code into executable machine code, or transforming a program written in one language into another. In Magento's unique world, "compiling" really means

• Generating any class files
• Performing optimization and creating serialized cache files to improve performance, etc. (those .ser) files.

Folks already in the Magento eco-system should be able to suss that difference out after reading through this page -- but folks new to Magento may be left scratching their heads. Submitted a pull request with some initial thoughts, (not heavily invested in the specifics -- feel free to run with it)

#384

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I think we made the updates you suggest. Please reopen if that's not the case.

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