Docs

Install with Composer, scaffold your app, and follow the same example throughout: DeskFlow — a task board API for Northwind Studio (task, member, project services on port 8000).

composer create-project pionia/pionia-app deskflow-api
cd deskflow-api && php pionia serve

Pick your learning path

Try the tutorial

Build DeskFlow hands-on — from ping to task.list.

Read the guides

Moonlight, services, Porm, and security concepts.

Browse examples

Copy-paste curl payloads and JSON envelopes.

What these docs cover

Section	You will learn
Getting started	Composer install, PHP basics, DeskFlow tutorial, app layout
Building your API	Moonlight envelopes, services, actions, validation, generic CRUD
Database (Porm)	Queries, filters, joins, pagination on `tasks` and related tables
HTTP & middleware	Status codes, middleware chains, exceptions, routing
Security	JWT login, `mustAuthenticate()`, security utilities
Frontend	Vite SPA, dev proxy to `/api/v1/`
Operations & deploy	CLI, RoadRunner, caching, logging, production optimize
Extending Pionia	App providers, Composer packages, helpers

Full index: Documentation hub.

Community & packages

Resources — Packagist packages, CLI cheatsheet, getting help
GitHub — PioniaPHP-project — core, app template, and docs repos
Packagist — pionia/pionia-app — composer create-project template
Packagist — pionia/pionia-core — framework library your app depends on
OSCA Kampala Chapter — local open-source community

Contributions welcome: open issues or PRs on pionia-docs.