3 .. _Tutorial:

     3 .. _TutosBase:

     5 .. _tuto_blog:

     5 Building a simple blog with |cubicweb|

     6 ======================================

     7 Building a simple blog

     8 |cubicweb| is a semantic web application framework that favors reuse and

     8 ======================

     9 

    10 *CubicWeb* is a semantic web application framework that favors reuse and

    16 An `instance` is a specific installation of a cube and includes configuration

    12 This tutorial is designed to help in your very first steps to start with

    17 files.

    13 |cubicweb|. We will glance through basic concepts such as:

    14 

    15 * having an application running by using existing components

    16 * discovering the default user interface

    17 * basically extending and customizing the look and feel of that application

    18 

    19 More advanced concepts will covered in :ref:`advanced_tutorial`.

    20 This tutorial will show how to create a `cube` and how to use it as an

    22 .. _TutosBaseVocab:

    21 application to run an `instance`.

    23 

    24 Some vocabulary

    25 ---------------

    26 

    27 |cubicweb| comes with a few words of vocabulary that you should know to

    28 understand what we're talking about. To follow this tutorial, you should at least

    29 know that:

    30 

    31 * a `cube` is a component that usually includes a model defining some data types

    32   and a set of views to display them. A cube can be built by assembling other

    33   cubes;

    34 

    35 * an `instance` is a specific installation of one more more cubes and includes

    36   configuration files, a web server and a database.

    37 

    38 Reading :ref:`Concepts` for more vocabulary will be a must do at some point.

    39 

    40 Now, let's start the hot stuff!

    27    create-cube

    46    discovering-the-ui

    28    components

    47    customizing-the-application

    29    maintemplate