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`========================= GET BACK TO BASICS ======================='
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[October ](http://octobercms.com ) is a Content Management System (CMS) and web platform whose sole purpose is to make your development workflow simple again. We feel building websites has become a convoluted and confusing process that leaves developers unsatisfied, we want to turn you around to the simpler side and get back to basics.
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October's mission is to show the world that web development is not rocket science.
### Learning October
The best place to learn October is by [reading the documentation ](http://octobercms.com/docs ).
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### Installing October
Instructions on how to install October can be found at the [installation guide ](http://octobercms.com/docs/help/install ).
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### Development Team
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October was created by [Alexey Bobkov ](http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/aleksey-bobkov/2b/ba0/232 ) and [Samuel Georges ](http://au.linkedin.com/pub/sam-georges/31/641/a9 ), who both continue to develop the platform.
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### Coding standards
Please follow the following guides and code standards:
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* [PSR 4 Coding Standards ](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-4-autoloader.md )
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* [PSR 2 Coding Style Guide ](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-2-coding-style-guide.md )
* [PSR 1 Coding Standards ](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-1-basic-coding-standard.md )
### Foundation library
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The CMS uses [Laravel ](http://laravel.com ) as a foundation PHP framework.
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### Using LESS
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The theme is based on the Twitter Bootstrap framework and uses LESS language for generating the CSS. Please use a suitable LESS application for compiling the **assets/less/*.less** file to **assets/css/*.css** . The following applications are recommended:
* [LESS.app ](http://incident57.com/less/ ) for Mac
* [WinLess ](http://winless.org/ ) for Windows
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* [Koala ](http://koala-app.com/ ) for Linux
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### Contact
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You can communicate with us using the following mediums:
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* [Follow us on Twitter ](http://twitter.com/octobercms ) for announcements and updates.
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* [Follow us on Facebook ](http://facebook.com/octobercms ) for announcements and updates.
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* [Join us on IRC ](https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net/?nick=Octonaut|?#october ) to chat with us.
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### License
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The OctoberCMS platform is open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT license ](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT ).
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### Contributing
Before sending a Pull Request, be sure to review the [Contributing Guidelines ](CONTRIBUTING.md ) first.
