dev-guide.md

Developer Guide

Bisq development conventions are split into focused documents. Use this page as the index and entry point.

Scope

This guide covers active developer documentation under docs/dev/. Some older docs may still exist for historical context, but new work should follow the linked documents below.

Essential documents

• Contributing
• Code Guidelines
• Architecture
• MVC Pattern
• Observable Framework
• Input validation policy
• Testing

Additional resources

• Build
• Protobuf Notes
• P2P Network
• Nullability and Optional
• Backward Compatibility
• Payment Account Domain
• Reputation-Based Trade Amount