Tutorial
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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.

In this tutorial, you will be creating a **basic news application**.
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.

This tutorial will primarily focus on:

* Model-View-Controller basics

* Routing basics

* Form validation

* Performing basic database queries using “Query Builder”

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:

* Introduction, this page, which gives you an overview of what to
  expect.

* Static pages, which will teach you the basics of controllers, views
  and routing.

* News section, where you’ll start using models and will be doing some
  basic database operations.

* Create news items, which will introduce more advanced database
  operations and form validation.

* Conclusion, which will give you some pointers on further reading and
  other resources.

Enjoy your exploration of the CodeIgniter framework.
