| # Getting Started |
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| The Usergrid documentation is written for a couple of distinctly different audiences. |
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| ## For Application Developers |
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| Most of the Usergrid docs are written for you. Browse the left side-bar and work your way down the topics list to learn how to get started using Usergrid for data storage, user management, authentication, push notifications and more. |
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| * A good place to start is [Using Usergrid](../using-usergrid/creating-account.html) |
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| ## For Deployment and Operations folks |
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| If you are the person who will be installing Usergrid, setting up the required Cassandra database, ElasticSearch and other things that Usergrid needs, then you should probably start here: |
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| * [Usergrid Deployment Guide](../installation/deployment-guide.html) |
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| ## For Open Source contributoes |
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| If you want to build Usergrid from source-code then start at our [GitHub repo](http://github.com/apache/usergrid). You will find README files there that explain how to build the Stack, the Portal, SDKs and other components. |
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| If you want to contribute new code or documentation to the Usergrid project then this is a good place to start: |
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| * [How to Contribute Code & Docs](../reference/contribute-code.html) |
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