Learn

What resources are available for learning about CiviCRM?

• CiviCRM 2.0 Product Sheet (.pdf file) — A three-page handout describing what CiviCRM is, who is using it, and how they are using it.

• Tutorials (screencasts)

• Documentation . You can download all available documentation in either PDF or zipped HTML format from our SourceForge Downloads site

• The forums , Frequently Asked Questions , and Mailing Lists . The developers mailing list has a searchable archive . You can learn about both common and unusual uses of CiviCRM by reading the questions people ask and the replies.

• Demo: http://demo.civicrm.org/drupal/ and http://demo.civicrm.org/joomla/: login as demo with password demo.

• The CiviCRM blog

• Case studies .

• Cookbooks .

• The CiviCRM Roadmap has target dates and links to release summaries for current and future releases.

• Unscheduled Feature Candidates.

• Issue Tracker , also known as "bug reports."

• A few good articles on open source .

• Help for developers:
  • Develop CiviCRM , which contains links to architecture information, customizing screens, database schema (ERD), APIs, hooks, and more.
  • CiviCRM Architecture:
    • CiviCRM Architecture - Introduction , toolkits upon which CiviCRM is built
    • CiviCRM Architecture Series

• Changelog