## Intro In Yii3 it is not as easy to start as it was with Yii2. You have to install and configure basic things on your own. Yii3 uses the modern approach based on independent packages and dependency injection, but it makes it harder for newcomers. I am here to show all how I did it. > If you want to know how Yii2 works, check my other wiki and demo application:
 
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> [Yii v2 snippet guide, part 1](https://www.yiiframework.com/wiki/2552/yii-v2-snippet-guide)
 
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> [Yii 2 Basic Project, Git](https://gitlab.com/radin.cerny/yii2-app-basic-plus)
 
 
## Demo applications
 
 
Yii3 offers more demo applications, but their list is a bit confusing.
 
 
In the [Yii3 Guide](https://yiisoft.github.io/docs/guide/start/demo-apps.html) there now are mentioned 3 demos, plus there are other 3 templates. Yii team makes a difference between word Demo and Template. Templates are simpler:
 
- [Web App](https://github.com/yiisoft/app)
 
- [REST API](https://github.com/yiisoft/app-api)
 
- [Console](https://github.com/yiisoft/app-console)
 
 
This article is based on the `Web App template` as in the past the best `Demo Diary` was not known to me. I will use it for inspiration.
 
 
## Git

All my code is available in my GitHub repositories:## ===== Yii3 - How to start ======

Yii3 offers more basic applications: Web, Console, API. I will be using the WEB application:
- https://github.com/yiisoft/app
- Other apps are linked on the page