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{% extends "defindex.html" %}
{% block tables %}
<h2>Meet CouchDB</h2>
<table class="contentstable" align="center">
  <tr>
    <td width="50%">
      <p class="biglink">
        <a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("whatsnew/" + version) }}">
          What's new in CouchDB {{ version }}?
        </a>
        <br />
        <span class="linkdescr">
          or browse <a href="{{ pathto("whatsnew/index") }}">all "What's new" documents</a>
        </span>
      </p>
      <p class="biglink">
        <a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("intro/why") }}">
          Why CouchDB?
        </a>
        <br />
        <span class="linkdescr">why you might want to use CouchDB</span>
      </p>
    <td width="50%">
      <p class="biglink">
        <a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("intro/overview") }}">
          Technical Overview
        </a>
        <br />
        <span class="linkdescr">a quick overview of technology used</span>
      </p>
      <p class="biglink">
        <a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("intro/consistency") }}">
          Eventual Consistency
        </a>
        <br />
        <span class="linkdescr">how CouchDB handles synchronization</span>
      </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

<h2>Getting started</h2>
<table class="contentstable" align="center">
  <tr>
    <td width="50%">
      <p class="biglink">
        <a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("install/index") }}">
          Installation guides
        </a>
        <br />
        <span class="linkdescr">
          install CouchDB on <a href="{{ pathto("install/windows") }}">Windows</a>,
          <a href="{{ pathto("install/mac") }}">OS X</a> or
          <a href="{{ pathto("install/unix") }}">Linux</a>
        </span>
      </p>
      <p class="biglink">
        <a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("intro/tour") }}">
          Tutorial
        </a>
        <br />
        <span class="linkdescr">start using CouchDB with
          <a href="{{ pathto("intro/futon") }}">Futon</a> and
          <a href="{{ pathto("intro/curl") }}">cURL</a></span>
      </p>
      <p class="biglink">
        <a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("intro/api") }}">
          HTTP API overview
        </a>
        <br />
        <span class="linkdescr">a short walk though the API</span>
      </p>
    <td width="50%">
      <p class="biglink">
        <a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("couchapp/views/intro") }}">
          Guide to Views
        </a>
        <br />
        <span class="linkdescr">how to query JSON documents</span>
      </p>
      <p class="biglink">
        <a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("replication/intro") }}">
          Replication
        </a>
        <br />
        <span class="linkdescr">
          painless master-master data synchronization
        </span>
      </p>
      <p class="biglink">
        <a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("couchapp/ddocs") }}">
          Design Documents
        </a>
        <br />
        <span class="linkdescr">
          transform, update or validate your documents
        </span>
      </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

<h2>Reference Documentation &amp; Advanced Topics</h2>
<table class="contentstable" align="center"><tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="50%">
      <p class="biglink">
        <a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("api/index") }}">
          Complete HTTP API Reference
        </a>
        <br />
        <span class="linkdescr">
          something to come back to
        </span>
      </p>
      <p class="biglink">
        <a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("externals") }}">
          External Processes
        </a>
        <br />
        <span class="linkdescr">
          adding even more functionality
        </span>
      </p>
    </td>
    <td width="50%" style="vertical-align: top;">
      <p class="biglink">
        <a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("config/index") }}">
          Configuration Reference
        </a>
        <br />
        <span class="linkdescr">tweak CouchDB to your liking</span>
      </p>
      <p class="biglink">
        <a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("maintenance/index") }}">
          Maintenance
        </a>
        <br />
        <span class="linkdescr">
          how to take care of your CouchDB
        </span>
      </p>
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>


<h2>Links</h2>
<table class="contentstable" align="center"><tr>
  <td width="50%">
    <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("contents") }}">Documentation Contents</a></p>
    <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("http-api") }}">HTTP API Index</a></p>
    <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="{{ pathto("contributing") }}">Contributing to this Documentation</a></p>
  </td><td width="50%">
    <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="http://couchdb.org/">CouchDB Web site</a></p>
    <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="http://couchdb.org/#download">Download</a></p>
    <p class="biglink"><a class="biglink" href="http://couchdb.org/#mailing-list">Mailing Lists</a></p>
  </td></tr>
</table>
{% endblock %}
