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Welcome to the SmartThings developer documentation. Here you will find information about creating for the SmartThings platform.
This documentation is organized into a few different sections:
- :doc:`getting-started`
- Get up and running quickly with the SmartThings platform. Start here if this is your first time developing for SmartThings.
- :doc:`introduction/index`
- This chapter discusses some of the core SmartThings concepts, architecture, and how developers can create with SmartThings. It also introduces the SmartThings programming language - Groovy.
- :doc:`tools-and-ide/index`
- This guide will teach you how to use the IDE to manage your account, and build and test your custom code.
- :doc:`smartapp-developers-guide/index`
- This guide is all about developing SmartApps. It is primarily focused on event-based SmartApps.
- :doc:`device-type-developers-guide/index`
- This guide will teach you what a Device Handler is, why they are important, and how to develop one.
- :doc:`cloud-and-lan-connected-device-types-developers-guide/index`
- This guide covers developing with Cloud-connected and LAN devices.
- :doc:`smartapp-web-services-developers-guide/index`
- This guide covers creating a SmartApp that exposes its own RESTful endpoints.
- :doc:`arduino/index`
- This guide discusses developing for the Arduino using our SmartThings Shield for Arduino.
- :doc:`capabilities-reference`
- This is where you find information on all the supported SmartThings capabilities.
- :doc:`ref-docs/reference`
- This is the detailed API documentation for the various SmartThings objects.
Find a bug, typo, or just want to make an improvement? This documentation is open source and available on GitHub. We like contributions!
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 getting-started
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 introduction/index
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tools-and-ide/index
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smartapp-developers-guide/index
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device-type-developers-guide/index
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cloud-and-lan-connected-device-types-developers-guide/index
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smartapp-web-services-developers-guide/index
.. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 arduino/index
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capabilities-reference
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ref-docs/reference