# Craft CMS 3 Orientation Guide - Welcome!

DevFeed: [Craft CMS 3 Orientation Guide - Welcome!](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/craft-cms-3-orientation-guide-welcome-31249.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nystudio107.com/blog/craft-cms-3-orientation-guide-welcome>)

Author: andrew@nystudio107.com (Andrew Welch)

Published: 2018-07-31T20:14:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [nystudio107 | Articles on modern web development.](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/nystudio107-articles-on-modern-web-development.md>)

Topics: [Content Management System](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cms.md>), [PHP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/php.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [Front end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend.md>), [GraphQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/graphql.md>), [Tailwind CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tailwind.md>)

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## AI overview

An orientation guide to Craft CMS 3 explains its content-authoring model, PHP and Yii2 foundation, APIs, server-rendered frontend, headless options, and flexible approach to website structure and styling.

## Source excerpt

This is your orientation guide if you're new to Craft CMS 3! We'll help you understand the Craft philosophy of building awesome stuff