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Phil Sturgeon9c63d0b2011-10-27 01:55:44 +0100[diff] [blame]31<td><h1>CodeIgniter User Guide Version 2.1.0</h1></td>
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Joël Cox7bd63352011-08-27 20:21:19 +0200[diff] [blame]45<a href="index.html">Tutorial</a> &nbsp;&#8250;&nbsp;
Joël Coxf27bcf32011-08-22 22:29:06 +0200[diff] [blame]46Introduction
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Joël Coxb430ecd2011-08-23 14:54:42 +0200[diff] [blame]62<p>This tutorial is intended to introduce you to the CodeIgniter framework and the basic principles of MVC architecture. It will show you how a basic CodeIgniter application is constructed in step-by-step fashion.</p>
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64<p>In this tutorial, you will be creating a <strong>basic news application</strong>. You will begin by writing the code that can load static pages. Next, you will create a news section that reads news items from a database. Finally, you'll add a form to create news items in the database.</p>
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Joël Coxb430ecd2011-08-23 14:54:42 +0200[diff] [blame]74<p>The entire tutorial is split up over several pages, each explaining a small part of the functionality of the CodeIgniter framework. You'll go through the following pages:</p>
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76<li>Introduction, this page, which gives you an overview of what to expect.</li>
77<li><a href="static_pages.html">Static pages</a>, which will teach you the basics of controllers, views and routing.</li>
78<li><a href="news_section.html">News section</a>, where you'll start using models and will be doing some basic database operations.</li>
79<li><a href="create_news_items.html">Create news items</a>, which will introduce more advanced database operations and form validation.</li>
80<li><a href="conclusion.html">Conclusion</a>, which will give you some pointers on further reading and other resources.</li>
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83<p>Enjoy your exploration of the CodeIgniter framework.</p>
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