Answers.Body: <p>LExIM is the new overall release and extension strategy:</p>
  
  <h1>LEAP BY EXTENSION. ITERATE BY MONTH.</h1>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>It basically means that:</p>
    
    <ul>
    <li>CiviCRM development will now happen mostly through extensions, enabling the users to individually turn these new features on or off by enabling these new extensions</li>
    <li>Releases are going to be published on a predictable monthly schedule, facilitating planning and execution of regular updates by CiviCRM service providers (from <a href="https://www.cividesk.com/blog/post/lexim-and-what-it-means-you">here</a>)</li>
    </ul>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>See also: <a href="https://civicrm.org/blog/totten/releases-we-are-what-we-repeatedly-do">blog post</a> and <a href="https://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/LExIM+and+the+Monthly+release+cycle">wiki article</a>.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I've heard a few developers refer to <code>LExIM</code>. What on earth is it?</p>
  
  <p>(Other than "Reading" in Albanian or an on-line learning company?)</p>
  
Tags: <extension><developer>
Title: What does LExIM stand for?
ThreadText: # What does LExIM stand for?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-01-25)
  
  I've heard a few developers refer to `LExIM`. What on earth is it?
  
  (Other than "Reading" in Albanian or an on-line learning company?)
  
  **Tags:** extension, developer
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2017-01-25. Score: 6
  
  LExIM is the new overall release and extension strategy:
  
  # LEAP BY EXTENSION. ITERATE BY MONTH.
  
  > It basically means that:
  >
  > * CiviCRM development will now happen mostly through extensions, enabling the users to individually turn these new features on or off by enabling these new extensions
  > * Releases are going to be published on a predictable monthly schedule, facilitating planning and execution of regular updates by CiviCRM service providers (from [here](https://www.cividesk.com/blog/post/lexim-and-what-it-means-you))
  
  See also: [blog post](https://civicrm.org/blog/totten/releases-we-are-what-we-repeatedly-do) and [wiki article](https://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/LExIM+and+the+Monthly+release+cycle).
  
  
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