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  60 <h1>Tutorial &minus; Introduction</h1>
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  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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  66 <p>This tutorial will primarily focus on:</p>
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  71 <li>Performing basic database queries using &quot;Active Record&quot;</li>
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  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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