# CakePHP Application Skeleton [](https://travis-ci.org/cakephp/app) [](https://packagist.org/packages/cakephp/app) A skeleton for creating applications with [CakePHP](http://cakephp.org) 3.0. ## Installation 1. Download [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md) or update `composer self-update`. 2. Run `php composer.phar create-project --prefer-dist cakephp/app [app_name]`. If Composer is installed globally, run ```bash composer create-project --prefer-dist cakephp/app [app_name] ``` You should now be able to visit the path to where you installed the app and see the setup traffic lights. ## Configuration Read and edit `config/app.php` and setup the 'Datasources' and any other configuration relevant for your application.