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title: Silverstripe Documentation
summary: 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 a
web server. The [Getting Started ](/getting_started ) section will show you what
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[server requirements ](/getting_started/server_requirements ) you will need to meet and how to
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[install Silverstripe with Composer ](/getting_started/composer ).
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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 our [interactive demos ](http://silverstripe.org/try ).
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## Getting support
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Silverstripe has a wide range of options for getting support:
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* Get help on our [Slack channel ](https://www.silverstripe.org/community/slack-signup/ )
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* Join our [forum ](https://forum.silverstripe.org )
* Ask technical questions on [Stack Overflow ](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/silverstripe )
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* Read the technical reference in our [API Documentation ](http://api.silverstripe.org/ )
* Get a user-focused overview of the CMS features in our [User Help ](http://userhelp.silverstripe.com )
* Discuss new features, API changes and the development [roadmap ](http://www.silverstripe.org/software/roadmap/ )
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on the ["feature ideas" category ](https://forum.silverstripe.org/c/feature-ideas ) in our forums
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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 installed and running,
the following [Tutorials ](http://silverstripe.org/learn/lessons ) will lead through the basics and core concepts of
Silverstripe.
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Make sure you know the basic concepts of PHP7 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]
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## Contributing to Silverstripe
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The Silverstripe Framework, Content Management System and related websites are open source and welcome community
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contributions.
[CHILDREN Folder=05_Contributing]
