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# Quick Start Guide

Install GridGain, start a node, and run your first application in your preferred language — Java, .NET, C++, Python, Node.js, PHP, SQL, or REST.

This guide aims to get you started in minutes. It explains how to install GridGain, start a node, and run your first GridGain application in the preferred language.

We suggest that before you dive into developing applications in GridGain, you might want to just run a quick `Hello, world!` program in your desired language, or maybe use SQL on the command line to create a table and load a few rows.

The examples in this section cover a basic installation and node start, followed by a short code-specific example.

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[Complimentary, Instructor-Led Developer Training - Apache Ignite Essentials](https://www.gridgain.com/products/services/training/apache-ignite-essentials)

If you are getting started with Ignite or GridGain, we recommend attending [an upcoming training session](https://www.gridgain.com/products/services/training#public-training-listing) to learn about the key design principles for building data-intensive applications.
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Choose your language or interface:

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Install GridGain, start a cluster, and run your first Java application, from system requirements and Maven setup to a Hello World compute example.
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[.NET/C#](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/gridgain8-get-started/quick-start/dotnet.md)
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Use .NET Core to build and run a simple Hello World example that starts a node, puts a value into the cache, and then gets the value.
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[C++](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/gridgain8-get-started/quick-start/cpp.md)
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Install GridGain, start a cluster, build the C++ client, and run a simple Hello World example in C++.
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[Python](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/gridgain8-get-started/quick-start/python.md)
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Install GridGain, start a cluster, and run a simple Hello World example using the Python thin client.
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[Node.js](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/gridgain8-get-started/quick-start/nodejs.md)
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Install GridGain, start a cluster, and run a simple Hello World example using the Node.js thin client.
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[SQL](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/gridgain8-get-started/quick-start/sql.md)
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Start a local GridGain cluster and load and query data purely in SQL using the sqlline utility in less than five minutes.
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[PHP](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/gridgain8-get-started/quick-start/php.md)
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Install GridGain, start a cluster, and run a simple Hello World example using the PHP thin client.
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[REST API](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/gridgain8-get-started/quick-start/restapi.md)
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Install GridGain, start a cluster, and run a simple Hello World example using GridGain's REST API.
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## Quickstart guides

Short, hands-on guides that get you from a running cluster to working code.

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[Start a Local Cache Development Cluster](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/gridgain8-get-started/quick-start/start-local-cache-cluster.md)
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Set up a single-node GridGain 8 cluster with Docker Compose for cache-centric development and testing.
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[Work With the Cache API](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-8/gridgain8-get-started/quick-start/work-with-cache-api.md)
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Connect a Java thick client to your cache-centric cluster, create distributed caches, and perform put, get, and bulk operations with IgniteCache.
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