This tutorial presupposes a basic understanding of OOP. Terms like object, class, instance, superclass, subclass, instantiate, method and inheritance will not be explained.

The tutorial consists of a series of working examples to download and experiment with on your own web server, and on line documentation about each example (click on one in the menu here on the left). To install the examples on your own web server you need to install phpPeanuts first (Click the hyperlinks for instructions).

You can currently not try out the examples on line but you can browse the code (click here to browse). You may see that phpPeanuts applications are surprisingly simple for what the user can do with them. This is mainly because the framework automatically generates a default user interface.

However, automatic generation of a complete and adaptable user interface is inherently complex. The tutorial and documentation support getting started and using the framework without really understanding it, learning by doing. Understanding phpPeanuts without experimenting with the examples on your own web server will probably not work, unless you are an OOP expert.