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Welcome
#######

The CakePHP cookbook, is an openly developed community editable documentation
project.  We hope to maintain a high level of quality, validity and accuracy for 
the documentation.

Download the documentation:

- `epub format <../_downloads/en/CakePHPCookbook.epub>`_
- `original source <http://github.com/cakephp/docs>`_


Getting started
===============

Build a blog
------------

Get started with the :doc:`blog tutorial</tutorials-and-examples/blog/blog>`.
You'll learn the basics of CakePHP, and build a basic blog in the process.

Conventions
-----------

Learn about a typical :doc:`CakePHP request
</getting-started/a-typical-cakephp-request>` and the :doc:`conventions
</getting-started/cakephp-conventions>` that power CakePHP.

Controllers
-----------

Controllers handle requests, and help co-ordinate and prepare
the response for the client.  Read more about :doc:`/controllers`

Views
-----

Views are the presentation layer in CakePHP.  They convert
the data fetched from Models, into the output format the client
requested.  Read more about :doc:`/views`

Models
------

Models are the heart of your application, they handle the validation,
storage and retrieval of your data.  Read more about :doc:`/models`

Getting Help
============

If you're stuck, there are a number of places :doc:`you can get help
</cakephp-overview/where-to-get-help>`



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