A great way to start building your web application with the Yii PHP framework.

• Set up Git by following the instructions here.
• Download and install Composer by following the instructions here.
• Run composer create-project crisu83/yii-app [APP-NAME] and composer will create the project for you.
• Browse through the composer.json and remove the dependencies you don't need.
• Download and install Node.js by following the instructions here here.
• Run npm install to download the Node.js dependencies.
• Update the configurations in app/config to suit your needs.
• Start Grunt by running grunt and it will compile your LESS and deploy your JavaScript files.
• Run yiic environment dev to activate the development environment.
• You're done! Navigate to web/index.php to see your application.

• Download and install Vagrant by following the instructions here
• Download VirtualBox 4.2.12 here and run the installer
• If you are using Windows you need to run VirtualBox as an Administrator
• Set up Git by following the instructions here.
• Download and install Composer by following the instructions here.
• Run composer create-project crisu83/yii-app [APP-NAME] and composer will create the project for you.
• Run vagrant up to set up your development environment.
• You're done! Navigate to http://localhost:4567/index.php to see your application.

For more information on Composer, Grunt and Vagrant:

• Composer documentation
• Grunt documentation
• Vagrant documentation

The following extensions are part of yii-app:

• Audit https://github.com/nordsoftware/yii-audit
• Auth https://github.com/Crisu83/yii-auth
• Debug toolbar https://github.com/malyshev/yii-debug-toolbar
• Console tools https://github.com/Crisu83/yii-consoletools
• Emailer https://github.com/nordsoftware/yii-emailer
• Extension https://github.com/Crisu83/yii-extension
• File manager https://github.com/Crisu83/yii-filemanager
• Formatter https://github.com/Crisu83/yii-formatter
• Image manager https://github.com/Crisu83/yii-imagemanager
• Multilingual https://github.com/Crisu83/yii-multilingual
• Live reload https://github.com/Crisu83/yii-livereload
• Password https://github.com/phpnode/YiiPassword
• Seo https://github.com/Crisu83/yii-seo
• Yiistrap https://github.com/Crisu83/yiistrap

Please consult the extension documentation for further information.