Setting up Hydrogen on your server

Setting up Hydrogen

Intro

There are several ways to set up a new Hydrogen app, here are a few ways below. Before getting started with anything using hydrogen, you must remember two things. 1. Hydrogen is in alpha and many things are likely to change 2. you must have a clear understanding on php and at least some object oriented programming. If you do not know php, I recommended learning it from http://www.webdevrefinery.com/. Theres a chance you know php, and some oop, but do you know the MVC architecture that Hydrogen is based off of? You can learn the basics of MVC here: http://www.webdevrefinery.com/forums/topic/600-an-introduction-to-mvc-architecture/. The last thing you need to know is the basics of object oriented php, you can learn that here: http://www.webdevrefinery.com/forums/topic/2525-getting-started-with-object-oriented-php/

Method 1

The Kyek Method

Kyek's method for setting up Hydrogen is actually much more in depth then the rest of these guides, it's a bit harder to follow, but you'll learn how to do much more then just set up Hydrogen. You can read that guide here: http://www.webdevrefinery.com/forums/topic/1440-hydrogen-overview, it is recommended you read the entire guide carefully and then ask questions in the forum. You may very well enjoy Kyek's guide a lot, and it may very well be the solution for you; but if you want something else on setting up hydrogen, then keep reading.