| Derek Jones | d138038 | 2012-06-25 23:54:18 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | ###################### |
| 2 | Welcome to CodeIgniter |
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| 4 | |
| 5 | CodeIgniter is an Application Development Framework - a toolkit - for |
| 6 | people who build web sites using PHP. Its goal is to enable you to |
| 7 | develop projects much faster than you could if you were writing code |
| 8 | from scratch, by providing a rich set of libraries for commonly needed |
| 9 | tasks, as well as a simple interface and logical structure to access |
| 10 | these libraries. CodeIgniter lets you creatively focus on your project |
| 11 | by minimizing the amount of code needed for a given task. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | *********************** |
| 14 | Who is CodeIgniter For? |
| 15 | *********************** |
| 16 | |
| 17 | CodeIgniter is right for you if: |
| 18 | |
| 19 | - You want a framework with a small footprint. |
| 20 | - You need exceptional performance. |
| 21 | - You need broad compatibility with standard hosting accounts that run |
| 22 | a variety of PHP versions and configurations. |
| 23 | - You want a framework that requires nearly zero configuration. |
| 24 | - You want a framework that does not require you to use the command |
| 25 | line. |
| 26 | - You want a framework that does not require you to adhere to |
| 27 | restrictive coding rules. |
| 28 | - You are not interested in large-scale monolithic libraries like PEAR. |
| 29 | - You do not want to be forced to learn a templating language (although |
| 30 | a template parser is optionally available if you desire one). |
| 31 | - You eschew complexity, favoring simple solutions. |
| Andrey Andreev | 16a704c | 2012-11-09 17:25:00 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 32 | - You need clear, thorough documentation. |