ABP Documentation

ABP Framework is a complete infrastructure based on the ASP.NET Core to create modern web applications and APIs by following the software development best practices and the latest technologies.

Getting Started

• Getting Started Guide is the easiest way to start a new web application with the ABP Framework.
• Web Application Development Tutorial is a complete tutorial to develop a full stack web application.

UI Framework Options

Database Provider Options

Exploring the Documentation

ABP has a comprehensive documentation that not only explains the ABP Framework, but also includes guides and samples to help you on creating a maintainable solution by introducing and discussing common software development principle and best practices.

Architecture

ABP offers a complete, modular and layered software architecture based on Domain Driven Design principles and patterns. It also provides the necessary infrastructure to implement this architecture.

• See the Modularity document to understand the module system.
• Implementing Domain Driven Design document is an ultimate guide for who want to understand and implement the DDD.
• Microservice Architecture document explains how ABP helps to create a microservice solution.

Infrastructure

There are a lot of features provided by the ABP Framework to achieve real world scenarios easier, like Event Bus, Background Job System, Audit Logging, BLOB Storing, Data Seeding, Data Filtering.

Cross Cutting Concerns

ABP also simplifies (and even automates wherever possible) cross cutting concerns and common non-functional requirements like Exception Handling, Validation, Authorization, Localization, Caching, Dependency Injection, Setting Management, etc.

Application Modules

Application Modules provides pre-built application functionalities;

• Account: Provides UI for the account management and allows user to login/register to the application.
• Identity: Manages organization units, roles, users and their permissions, based on the Microsoft Identity library.
• IdentityServer: Integrates to IdentityServer4.
• Tenant Management: Manages tenants for a multi-tenant (SaaS) application.

See the Application Modules document for all pre-built modules.

Startup Templates

The Startup templates are pre-built Visual Studio solution templates. You can create your own solution based on these templates to immediately start your development.

ABP Community

The Source Code

ABP is hosted on GitHub. See the source code.

ABP Community Web Site

The ABP Community is a website to publish articles and share knowledge about the ABP Framework. You can also create content for the community!

Blog

Follow the ABP Blog to learn the latest happenings in the ABP Framework.

Samples

See the sample projects built with the ABP Framework.

Want to Contribute?

ABP is a community-driven open source project. See the contribution guide if you want to be a part of this project.