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SmartThings Developer Documentation

Welcome to the SmartThings developer documentation.

This documentation is organized into different sections:

Getting Started

If you are new to SmartThings development, check out our Getting Started documentation. Head over to the :ref:`get-started-overview`, and progress through the material there.

Guides

You can use the guides to learn more about specific SmartThings development tasks. Most guides are organized into several chapters.

Reference

The reference material is where you will find API documentation, as well as documentation for the available Capabilities.

This documentation is actively being developed and expanded, so check back often!

Tip

Find a bug, typo, or just want to make an improvement? This documentation is open source and available on GitHub. We like contributions!

Contents

.. toctree::
   :caption: Getting Started
   :maxdepth: 2

   getting-started/overview
   getting-started/up-and-running
   getting-started/groovy-basics
   getting-started/groovy-for-smartthings
   getting-started/first-smartapp
   getting-started/getting-help

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: Guides

   architecture/index
   tools-and-ide/index
   smartapp-developers-guide/index
   smartapp-web-services-developers-guide/index
   device-type-developers-guide/index
   cloud-and-lan-connected-device-types-developers-guide/index
   arduino/index
   ratelimits/index
   code-review-guidelines

.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
    :caption: Reference

    capabilities-reference
    ref-docs/reference

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1
   :caption: Misc

   sept-2015-faq
   docs-change-log
   contributing/index