Developing

This page is one of the Main Sections of the documentation. It provides useful information for developers. Here you can find information on various alternatives to integrate BaseX into your own project.


 * Integrate & Contribute
 * Eclipse: Compile and run BaseX from within Eclipse
 * Git: Learn how to work with Git
 * Maven: Embed BaseX into your own projects
 * Releases: Official releases, snapshots, old versions
 * Translations: Contribute a new translation to BaseX!


 * Project (Code, Features, Questions)
 * The Source Code can be browsed online
 * The Issue Tracker contains feature requests and bug reports
 * For questions on the project, please write to our mailing list


 * Web Technology
 * RESTXQ: Write web services with XQuery
 * REST: Access and update databases via HTTP requests
 * WebDAV: Access databases from your filesystem
 * XForms: Build browser forms with XML technologies


 * APIs
 * Clients: Communicate with BaseX using C#, PHP, Python, Perl, C, ...
 * Java Examples: Code examples for developing with BaseX
 * XQJ API, implemented by Charles Foster (closed source, restricted to XQuery 3.0)
 * XQuery for Scala API, based on XQJ and written by Dino Fancellu


 * Extensions
 * Docker: Isolate BaseX in a docker container
 * Service/daemon: Install BaseX server as a service
 * Android: Running BaseX with Android