In this chapter, we've looked at some of the resources available when you start writing code with CI. There's a lot of ready-made code available. You have to check the code before you use it—don't just take the first plugin or library that seems to do what you want and start using it. You need to study each to see what it really does; it also helps you to go through the code and make sure you understand it. However, if you are prepared to do this, you can find libraries with different levels of scope and complexity that will take up many of the tasks that would otherwise involve a lot of hand coding.
Lastly, we looked at some of the resources available for PHP and MySQL, and for running a local web server. We hope you have enjoyed reading this book, and that it helps you in your site development. We've tried our best to make it as useful as possible and we really hope it has been a nice experience for you, reading through this book.