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Derek Jonesb8c038a2011-08-20 08:57:14 -0500[diff] [blame]31<td><h1>CodeIgniter User Guide Version 2.0.3</h1></td>
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59<h1>CodeIgniter Features</h1>
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61<p>Features in and of themselves are a very poor way to judge an application since they tell you nothing
Derek Jones4b9c6292011-07-01 17:40:48 -0500[diff] [blame]62about the user experience, or how intuitively or intelligently it is designed. Features
Derek Allard2067d1a2008-11-13 22:59:24 +0000[diff] [blame]63don't reveal anything about the quality of the code, or the performance, or the attention to detail, or security practices.
64The only way to really judge an app is to try it and get to know the code. <a href="../installation/">Installing</a>
Derek Jones4b9c6292011-07-01 17:40:48 -0500[diff] [blame]65CodeIgniter is child's play so we encourage you to do just that. In the mean time here's a list of CodeIgniter's main features.</p>
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68<li>Model-View-Controller Based System</li>
Derek Allard2067d1a2008-11-13 22:59:24 +0000[diff] [blame]69<li>Extremely Light Weight</li>
70<li>Full Featured database classes with support for several platforms.</li>
71<li>Active Record Database Support</li>
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73<li>Security and XSS Filtering</li>
74<li>Session Management</li>
75<li>Email Sending Class. Supports Attachments, HTML/Text email, multiple protocols (sendmail, SMTP, and Mail) and more.</li>
Derek Jones4b9c6292011-07-01 17:40:48 -0500[diff] [blame]76<li>Image Manipulation Library (cropping, resizing, rotating, etc.). Supports GD, ImageMagick, and NetPBM</li>
Derek Allard2067d1a2008-11-13 22:59:24 +0000[diff] [blame]77<li>File Uploading Class</li>
78<li>FTP Class</li>
79<li>Localization</li>
80<li>Pagination</li>
81<li>Data Encryption</li>
82<li>Benchmarking</li>
83<li>Full Page Caching</li>
84<li>Error Logging</li>
85<li>Application Profiling</li>
Derek Allard2067d1a2008-11-13 22:59:24 +0000[diff] [blame]86<li>Calendaring Class</li>
87<li>User Agent Class</li>
88<li>Zip Encoding Class</li>
89<li>Template Engine Class</li>
90<li>Trackback Class</li>
91<li>XML-RPC Library</li>
92<li>Unit Testing Class</li>
93<li>Search-engine Friendly URLs</li>
94<li>Flexible URI Routing</li>
Derek Jonesc6da5032010-03-09 20:44:27 -0600[diff] [blame]95<li>Support for Hooks and Class Extensions</li>
Derek Allard2067d1a2008-11-13 22:59:24 +0000[diff] [blame]96<li>Large library of "helper" functions</li>
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