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        <b> Join us for DaprCon on October 19th-20th, 2021!</b>
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        The first ever DaprCon will take place October 19th-20th, 2021 virtually! Tune in for free and attend technical sessions, panels and real world examples from the community on building applications with Dapr! <br></br><i><b>Learn more >><b></i>
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# <img src="/images/home-title.png" alt="Dapr Docs" width=400>

Welcome to the Dapr documentation site!


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Dapr is a portable, event-driven runtime that makes it easy for any developer to build resilient, 
stateless and stateful applications that run on the cloud and edge and embraces the diversity of 
languages and developer frameworks. Leveraging the benefits of a sidecar architecture, Dapr helps 
you tackle the challenges that come with building microservices and keeps your code platform agnostic. 
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### Start developing with Dapr

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### Learn more about Dapr

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### Additional info

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### Tooling and resources

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        Learn how to get up and running with Dapr in your preferred integrated development environment.
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        Create Dapr applications in your preferred language using the Dapr SDKs.
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        Learn more about the Python SDK.
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        Learn more about the Java SDK.
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