MediaWiki/Codebase

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Getting started

So you want to learn the nuts and bolts of MediaWiki?

The best way to start is to just download MediaWiki! (... or you may want to just RTFM (Read The Fine Manual).

MediaWiki roadmap

From MediaWiki.org:

There is currently no official roadmap for MediaWiki development. Since version 1.6, releases are quarterly snapshots of the development trunk, which is kept continuously in a runnable state. - read more

MediaWiki architecture

MediaWiki General Architecture

User Layer	Web Clients
Network Layer	Apache Webserver
Logic Layer	MediaWiki's PHP scripts PHP
Data Layer	File System MySQL Database Caching System

Learning projects

• Topic:MySQL
• Topic:PHP
• Topic:Databases
• Topic:Apache
• Topic:Web Design
• ...