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# Development

Guides for building applications on GridGain 9 — setting up a project, working with tables and SQL, and using the transactional, caching, and query APIs.

This section covers how to build applications on GridGain 9, from setting up a project and its dependencies to working with the Table and SQL APIs, transactions, caching, and continuous queries. Start with [Project Setup](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-9/gridgain9-development/project-setup.md) to configure your build, then explore the individual feature guides.

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[Project Setup](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-9/gridgain9-development/project-setup.md)
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Set up a Java project for GridGain 9 — add the GridGain repository and the client dependency, and learn which GridGain modules to add for each feature.
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[Caches and Memory](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-9/gridgain9-development/caches-and-memory.md)
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Store and expire data in GridGain 9 — caches, near caches, and expiry policies.
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[Data Access](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-9/gridgain9-development/accessing-data.md)
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Read and write data in GridGain 9 — the Table API, tables from Java classes, SQL, transactions, continuous queries, data streaming, and data archiving.
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[Distributed Computing and Services](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-9/gridgain9-development/distributed-computing-and-services.md)
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Run computations across a GridGain 9 cluster — distributed compute jobs and code deployment.
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[Messaging and Events](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-9/gridgain9-development/messaging-and-events.md)
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Track what happens in a GridGain 9 cluster — event channels, sinks, and the available event types.
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[Distributed Data Structures](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-9/gridgain9-development/data-structures.md)
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Distributed data structures in GridGain 9, including distributed maps for storing key-value pairs across the cluster.
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[Machine Learning](/docs/gridgain/gridgain-9/gridgain9-development/machine-learning.md)
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Deploy machine learning models to a GridGain 9 cluster and run inference predictions using the GridGain ML engine.
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