New to CodeIgniter : How to proceed?

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Hello Friends,

I am new to codeigniter. Probably starting right now. Apart from the http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/ User guide, what shall I look into.

I am looking for writing small to big applications/websites/softwares, I hope CI will help greatly in this.

Which IDE I can use, Netbeans has been my favorite for php so far.

Kindly help.

Thanks and Regards
Ravi