Everyone has a preferred method of learning. Some like videos, some like to read, some prefer hands on coding, still others just want to see code samples and they'll take it from there. In this series our intent is to take you from installation of XMod Pro to the completion of your first full application. Unlike other "starter" examples, this will be a complete application you can use on your site.

I've chosen News Articles as the subject for this example. It's a great example of a general application pattern that most data-oriented solutions follow on the web and one that you're probably already familiar with. But, because is is such a general-use pattern, it is easily adaptable to different types of content. So, even if you don't need a news article solution, you'll likely be able to customize this to work with your subject matter - whether it's book or music reviews, company announcements, a product catalog, or employee directory.

What We'll Be Building

We're building an application to manage news articles. What does that consist of? We're going to need to display a list of our articles and order it so that the most recently added articles appear first. The user should then be able to select an article and read the full article. Of course, there won't be any news for the user to see unless we also provide a way for our writers to writers and editors to create new articles, modify existing articles, and delete articles.

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