My first CodeIgniter program: where should I write it?

I just installed CodeIgniter, and it gave me the source code.

From what I understand, I should move the source code to my local server folder.

I did the configuration; but now w开发者_如何学Chat should I do next? What should I use to write code -- DreamWeaver, for example, like any other PHP file? Is there any GUI program dedicated for CodeIgniter?

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The very first thing you should do is read the documentation. I do not use it myself, but I know for a matter of fact that CodeIgniter has some documentation. And there are heaps of introductions and getting started materials. (It also explains how and where to unpack it.)

• http://codeigniter.com/tutorials/watch/intro/
• http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/overview/getting_started.html
• http://www.google.com/search?q=codeigniter+introduction

Btw, there are no clicky-coloury apps that do the coding for you. You will have to resort to an editor; and yes Dreamweaver will do. And then learn the API.

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Codeigniter has excellent documentation, wiki and forum. For coding you can try Notepad++ (http://notepad-plus-plus.org/) which is free, light, colors syntax, have plugins,... and you can even put it on the usb.

After that you can try one of many IDE like Eclipse or Netbeans.

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textmate has a bundle for CI, i do alot of CI development and I use the following

maamp for localhost http://www.mamp.info/en/index.html

textmate for php html / css dev http://macromates.com/

navicat for mysql managment http://navicat.com/