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title: SilverStripe Documentation
introduction: Welcome to the SilverStripe Developer Documentation. This website is aimed at website developers looking to learn how to build and manage web applications with the SilverStripe Framework.
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## Getting Started with SilverStripe
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Before you start developing your first web application, you'll need to install the latest version of SilverStripe onto
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a web server. The [Getting Started ](/getting_started ) section will show you what
[server requirements ](/getting_started/server_requirements ) you will need to meet and how to
[download and install SilverStripe ](/getting_started/installation ).
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To check out the features that SilverStripe offers without installing it, read the [Feature Overview ](http://www.silverstripe.org/software/ )
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and play with the interactive [demo website ](http://demo.silverstripe.org/ ).
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## Getting support
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SilverStripe has an wide range of options for getting support. The [forums ](http://www.silverstripe.org/community/forums/ )
and [IRC channel ](http://irc.silverstripe.org/ ) are the best places to talk and discuss questions and problems with the
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community. There are also several other websites with SilverStripe documentation to make use of.
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* The [API Documentation ](http://api.silverstripe.org/ ) contains technical reference and class information.
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* The [User Help ](http://userhelp.silverstripe.com ) website contains documentation related to working within the CMS.
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New features, API changes and the development [roadmap ](http://www.silverstripe.org/roadmap/ ) for the product are
discussed on the [core mailinglist ](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/silverstripe-dev ) along with
[UserVoice ](http://silverstripe.uservoice.com/forums/251266-new-features ).
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## Building your first SilverStripe Web application
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Once you have completed the [Getting Started ](/getting_started ) guide and have got SilverStripe
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installed and running, the following [Tutorials ](http://silverstripe.org/learn/lessons ) will lead through the basics and core concepts of
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SilverStripe.
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Make sure you know the basic concepts of PHP5 before attempting to follow the tutorials. If you have not programmed with PHP5 be sure to read the [Introduction to PHP5 (zend.com) ](http://devzone.zend.com/6/php-101--php-for-the-absolute-beginner ).
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## SilverStripe Concepts
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The [Developer Guides ](/developer_guides ) contain more detailed documentation on certain SilverStripe topics, 'how to'
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examples and reference documentation.
[CHILDREN Folder=02_Developer_Guides]
## Contributing to SilverStripe
The SilverStripe Framework, Content Management System and related websites are open source and welcome community
contributions.
[CHILDREN Folder=05_Contributing]
