Development

Menu: Development group in the left sidebar (must be enabled in Edit Menu)
Route prefix: /_Admin/development/...?SiteId={siteGuid}

The Development group centralizes templates and site-level resources for the site: View, Layout, Script, Style, Code, plus URL routing, forms, admin menus, authentication, Open API, SPA multilingual, modules, scheduled jobs, and more. Together with Pages (page tree and visual editing), it forms the frontend implementation layer of a Kooboo site.

Template engine docs

This series explains where to click and what to fill in in the admin; syntax and APIs are in the Template Engine (Layout, View, Script, Style, etc.) and KScript API. The two map one-to-one via object types in the menu.

Advanced menu

The Development group and most of its items are marked advanced in Edit Menu. If unchecked, this group does not appear in the left sidebar.

How to Open

1. In Edit Menu, enable Development and the sub-items you need.
2. Expand Development in the left sidebar.

Sub-menus (same order as the admin)

Menu	Path	Permission (feature)	Doc
Views	/development/views	view	Views
Layouts	/development/layouts	layout	Layouts
Scripts	/development/scripts	script	Scripts
Styles	/development/styles	style	Styles
Code	/development/code	code	Code
Code Log	/development/code-log	code·log	Code Log
Code Search	/development/code-search	code·view	Code Search
URL	/development/urls	link	URL
Forms	/development/forms	form	Forms
Menus	/development/menus	menu	Menus
Authentication	/development/authentication	authentication	Authentication
Open API	/development/openapis	openApi	Open API
SPA Multilingual	/development/spamultilingual	spaMultilingual	SPA Multilingual
Modules	/development/modules	module	Modules
Jobs	/development/jobs	job	Jobs

Development reference (template engine / API)

Menu	Development docs
Views	View · k.site.views
Layouts	Layout
Scripts	Script
Styles	Style
Code	k.site.codes (API)
Menus	k.site.menus
Authentication	k.security.jwt · k.response
Open API	k.openApi
SPA Multilingual	SPA Multilingual API
Modules	k.module
Jobs	k.site.runJob

Edit routes without sidebar menu entries

The following pages are opened from list Edit actions; breadcrumbs still belong to the corresponding menu item:

Route	Description
/development/layout/edit	Edit Layout
/development/view/edit	Edit View
/development/script/edit	Edit Script
/development/style/edit	Edit Style
/development/code/edit	Edit Code
/development/form/edit	Edit form
/development/menu/edit	Edit admin menu item
/development/openapi/edit	Edit Open API definition
/development/form-values	Form submission data (activeMenu: forms)
/development/openapi/authorizes	Open API authorization records
/development/module-menu/:module	Enter installed module sub-menu

Relationship to the Pages module

Capability	Entry	Doc
Page tree, publish, rich text / designer	Site → Pages	Pages
Edit HTML online, bind View/Layout	Page list Inline Edit	Inline Edit
Edit page code files directly	Page Edit Code	Edit Code
Site-level View/Layout library	Development → Views / Layouts	Layouts · Views

Page designer routes (such as /_Admin/page/edit, /_Admin/page/design) are entered from the Pages list, not under the Development group.

Suggested reading order

When using development capabilities from a site-building perspective, a common order is:

1. Layouts — page shell and shared structure
2. Views — reusable fragments referenced by pages or Layouts
3. Scripts / Styles — site-level JS/CSS resources
4. URLs — custom routing and bindings
5. Forms / Menus / Authentication — forms, admin menus, and login methods (as needed)
6. Open API / SPA Multilingual / Modules / Jobs — integration and extensions

See each sub-page for specific steps.

Related

Doc	Description
Site admin menu overview	Full menu tree
Pages	Pages and visual editing
Operations	Runtime observability (separate from development implementation)
Template Engine	Template syntax and concepts
KScript API	Script APIs