Confusing name of view()-method in the tutorial

Hi sponti,

Good luck with teaching CI. It is a fabulous framework and really easy to get going with.

- There is no really "Hello World" example

The 'Hello World' page is really the default page that is displayed when you first load CI. You can see the Welcome controller calling the welcome_view.

- In the "Static Page"-Example there is a method named "view()" in the CI_Controller Class.
This is very confusing for students who are new in the MVC world, because at the beginning it's very hard to understand the difference between controllers, Models and views (and to call the methods belonging to it)

I think you are absolutely right here. A simple change to the example and this possible source of confusion could be removed. It could easily be

PHP Code:

<?php
class Pages extends CI_Controller {

        public function display_page($page = 'home')
        {
        }
} 


As seen here in the tutorial as method 'view': https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/t...pages.html

In fact, perhaps it would also be a good idea to call the default controller 'Hello_world' and default view 'hello_world_view'.

So just wanted to say I agree with you and I hope you enjoy CI as much as we all do. The documentation is pretty spectacular when you get into it, but as always, is a labour of love by dedicated volunteers.

Best wishes,

Paul.