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60 <h1>Tutorial
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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.
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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.
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66 <p>This tutorial will primarily focus on:
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68 <li>Model-View-Controller basics
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69 <li>Routing basics
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70 <li>Form validation
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71 <li>Performing basic database queries using
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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:
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76 <li>Introduction, this page, which gives you an overview of what to expect.
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77 <li><a href=
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78 <li><a href=
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79 <li><a href=
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80 <li><a href=
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83 <p>Enjoy your exploration of the CodeIgniter framework.
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