The Lightning Components Cheat Sheet lists a few common $A functions and the Lightning Components Developer Guide references some others that are useful for certain situations. I can view the $A object in the JavaScript console and get a list of a whole lot more, including some nested such as the $A.util
functions.
Is there documentation on the $A functions that are part of the published API (i.e., safe to use)?
Best Answer
Answering my own question. The Lightning Components Developer's Guide has the following:
So you can go to https://na15.lightning.force.com/auradocs/reference.app for example and see something like the following: