# Guides

Welcome to the Forge platform developer guides. Choose a category below to get started.

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## 🎯 Feature Areas

Guides organized by platform feature, with activities like **configuration** and **testing** nested within each feature:

| Feature Area                        | Description                                                                 |
| ----------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Development](development/index.md) | Data storage, eventing, API integrations, settings, deployment, and testing |
| [Security](security/index.md)       | Authentication, authorization, permissions, and security testing workflows  |

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## 📚 Additional Guides

| Guide                           | Description                                                         |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| [Tutorials](tutorials/index.md) | Step-by-step learning guides for building applications from scratch |
| [Migration](migration/index.md) | Upgrade guides for migrating between Forge versions                 |

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## 🚀 Quick Links

- [Your First Forge Application](tutorials/index.md) - Start here if you're new to Forge
- [Build on Your App](tutorials/build-on-your-app.md) - Guided path after completing the tutorial
- [Installing the SAIF CLI](development/install-saif-cli.md) - Required for creating new projects
- [Forge v2 to v3 Migration](migration/forge-v2-to-v3.md) - Upgrade to the latest version