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From: Halil ibrahim Kalkan <hi_kalkan@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 15:41:49 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Create intro document

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 # Getting Started ABP With AspNet Core MVC Web Application
 
-This tutorial explains how to start ABP from scratch with minimal dependencies. You generally want to start with a **[startup template](https://abp.io/Templates)**.
+This tutorial explains how to start ABP from scratch with minimal dependencies. You generally want to start with the **[startup template](Getting-Started-AspNetCore-MVC-Template.md)**.
 
 ## Create A New Project
 
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 ## ASP.NET Core MVC Template
 
+This tutorials explains how to create a new ASP.NET Core MVC web application using the startup template, configure and run it.
+
 ### Creating a new project
 
 Go to [the template creation page](https://abp.io/Templates), enter a project name and create your project as shown below:
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 # ABP Documentation
 
-* Getting Started
-  * From Startup Templates
-    * [ASP.NET Core MVC Template](Getting-Started-AspNetCore-MVC-Template.md)
-  * From Empty Projects
-    * [With Console Application](Getting-Started-Console-Application.md)
-    * [With ASP.NET Core Web Application](Getting-Started-AspNetCore-Application.md)
-* Tutorials
-  * Application Development
-    * [With ASP.NET Core MVC](Tutorials/AspNetCore-Mvc/Part-I.md)
-* Fundamentals
-  * [Dependency Injection](Dependency-Injection.md)
-    * [AutoFac Integration](Autofac-Integration.md)
-  * [Virtual File System](Virtual-File-System.md)
-  * [Localization](Localization.md)
-  * [Exception Handling](Exception-Handling.md)
-  * Validation
-  * Authorization
-  * Caching
-  * Auditing
-  * Setting Management
-  * Object to Object Mapping
-    * AutoMapper Integration
-* Events
-  * Event Bus (local)
-  * Distributed Event Bus
-    * RabbitMQ Integration
-* Services
-  * Object Serialization
-  * JSON Serialization
-  * Emailing
-  * GUIDs
-  * Threading
-  * Timing
-* [Multi Tenancy](Multi-Tenancy.md)
-* Module Development
-  * [Basics](Module-Development-Basics.md)
-  * Plug-In Modules
-  * [Best Practices](Best-Practices/Index.md)
-* Domain Driven Design
-  * Domain Layer
-    * [Entities & Aggregate Roots](Entities.md)
-    * Value Objects
-    * [Repositories](Repositories.md)
-    * Domain Services
-    * Specifications
-  * Application Layer
-    * Application Services
-    * Data Transfer Objects
-    * Unit Of Work
-* ASP.NET Core MVC
-  * API Versioning
-  * User Interface
-    * [Client Side Package Management](AspNetCore/Client-Side-Package-Management.md)
-    * [Bundling & Minification](AspNetCore/Bundling-Minification.md)
-    * [Tag Helpers](Tag-Helpers.md)
-    * [Theming](AspNetCore/Theming.md)
-* Data Access
-  * [Entity Framework Core Integration](Entity-Framework-Core.md)
-  * [MongoDB Integration](MongoDB.md)
-* Background
-  * [Background Jobs](Background-Jobs.md)
-* Testing
+ABP is an **open source application framework** focused on ASP.NET Core based web application development, but also supports developing other types of applications.
+
+Explore the left navigation menu to deep dive in the documentation.
+
+## Project Status
+
+ABP is the **next generation** of the open source [ASP.NET Boilerplate](https://aspnetboilerplate.com/) framework. It's currently in early preview stage and not ready to use in production. The documentation is in progress and currently is very incomplete.
+
+For short-term and production applications, it's suggested to use the [ASP.NET Boilerplate](https://aspnetboilerplate.com/) framework which is feature rich, mature, maintained and up-to-date.
+
+## Getting Started
+
+Easiest way to start a new project with ABP is to use the Startup templates:
+
+* [ASP.NET Core MVC Template](Getting-Started-AspNetCore-MVC-Template.md)
+
+If you want to start from scratch (with an empty project) then manually install the ABP framework, use following tutorials:
+
+* [Console Application](Getting-Started-Console-Application.md)
+* [ASP.NET Core Web Application](Getting-Started-AspNetCore-Application.md)
+
+## Source Code
+
+ABP is being developed on GitHub. See [the source code](https://github.com/abpframework/abp).
+
+## Want to Contribute?
+
+ABP is a community-driven open source project. See [the contribution guide](Contribution/Index.md) if you want to be a part of this project.
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