> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.aurelia.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.aurelia.io/components/template-compilation.md).

# Template compilation

- [processContent](https://docs.aurelia.io/components/template-compilation/process-content.md): Learn how to manipulate the DOM from the usage-side of a custom element using the processContent hook.
- [Extending templating syntax](https://docs.aurelia.io/components/template-compilation/extending-templating-syntax.md): The Aurelia template compiler is powerful and developer-friendly, allowing you extend its syntax with great ease.
- [Modifying template parsing with AttributePattern](https://docs.aurelia.io/components/template-compilation/attributepattern.md)
- [Extending binding language](https://docs.aurelia.io/components/template-compilation/bindingcommand.md): The Aurelia template compiler is powerful and developer-friendly, allowing you extend its binding language with great ease.
- [Using the template compiler](https://docs.aurelia.io/components/template-compilation/the-template-compiler.md): The template compiler is used by Aurelia under the hood to process templates and provides hooks and APIs allowing you intercept and modify how this behavior works in your applications.
- [Extending the template compiler](https://docs.aurelia.io/components/template-compilation/extending-the-template-compiler.md)
- [Attribute mapping](https://docs.aurelia.io/components/template-compilation/attributemapper.md): Learn about binding values to attributes of DOM elements and how to extend the attribute mapping with great ease.


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