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                <div class="docs-grid-block quickstart">
                    <h1><a href="/docs/quickstart/">Quickstart</a></h1>
                    <p>
                        Learn how to start RethinkDB, create tables,
                        insert documents, and query your data in
                        under thirty seconds.
                    </p>
                    <a href="/docs/quickstart/">Start using RethinkDB &raquo;</a>
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                    <h1><a href="/docs/install/">Install RethinkDB</a></h1>
                    <p>
                        You can install the server on most Linux distributions and
                        OS X. The client drivers are available in
                        Python, Ruby, JavaScript, and many other languages.
                    </p>
                    <a href="/install/">Install the server and drivers &raquo;</a>
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                    <h1><a href="/api/">API reference</a></h1>
                    <p>
                        Ready to do real work? Browse the detailed
                        command reference for the Python, Ruby, and
                        JavaScript client drivers.
                    </p>
                    <a href="/api/">Explore the commands &raquo;</a>
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                    <h1><a href="/docs/examples/">Example applications</a></h1>
                    <p>
                        Read through the annotated source code for
                        example applications written on top of
                        RethinkDB. Todo lists, chat servers, data
                        analysis &mdash; it's all there!
                    </p>
                    <a href="/docs/examples/">Learn RethinkDB by example &raquo;</a>
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                    <h1><a href="/docs/cookbook/">Cookbook</a></h1>
                    <p>
                        Wondering how to write a specific query or solve a
                        specific problem in RethinkDB?  See dozens of examples
                        of commonly written queries in Python, Ruby, and
                        JavaScript.
                    </p>
                    <a href="/docs/cookbook/">Find the right recipe &raquo;</a>
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