# Where to begin?

**URL:** <https://community.smartthings.com/t/where-to-begin/90>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** archive\_developers\
**Created:** [October 17, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/where-to-begin/90 "2012-10-17T05:40:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![murrion](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/murrion/32/82901_2.png) [@murrion](https://community.smartthings.com/u/murrion)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/where-to-begin/90/1 "2012-10-17T05:40:53Z")

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As a developer, where is a good place to start with SmartThings?

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**Author:** ![jamesstolp](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/jamesstolp/32/82887_2.png) [@jamesstolp](https://community.smartthings.com/u/jamesstolp)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 11:13am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/where-to-begin/90/2 "2012-10-17T11:13:46Z")

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[@murrion](http://build.smartthings.com/members/murrion/) - Welcome! If you’ve just heard about SmartThings and haven’t already seen them, I would recommend starting with a couple of documents that were previously shared. If you have already seen them, sorry for the duplication!

[Enabling the Community with SmartThings Technology](http://build.smartthings.com/enabling-community/)  
[SmartApps Developer Overview](http://build.smartthings.com/smartapps-overview/)

Aside from that, you can get a little more familiar with the SmartThings vision and platform by visiting the [Kickstarter project page](http://kickstarter.smartthings.com).

Hope this helps some!

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**Author:** ![murrion](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/murrion/32/82901_2.png) [@murrion](https://community.smartthings.com/u/murrion)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 11:19am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/where-to-begin/90/3 "2012-10-17T11:19:40Z")

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Hi James,

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Thanks for replying. I’m brand new to SmartThings, I only saw it mentioned today on the DublinWebSummit live stream.

Thanks for those, I’ll get stuck in to those.

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