Build with DALT
Views and assets
Understand the application boundary for views and built frontend assets.
DALT.PHP serves application code through public/. New projects include built frontend assets, so Node.js is not required for the first request. The optional learning platform keeps its frontend tooling in .dalt/; run cd .dalt && npm ci && npm run dev only when you are changing that frontend, then run npm run build there before distributing those changes.
The canonical architecture guide explains how requests reach application code and views.