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# Developer’s Intro

This section contains tutorials, how-to guides, and information about Couchbase Services to help you develop applications. It also provides links to the documentation for software development kits and starter kits.

This page is for Couchbase Server.

## Developer Tutorial

This tutorial provides an introductory worked example for developers, showing how to use a software development kit with a simple database.

* [Couchbase Tutorial: A Student Record System](../tutorials/couchbase-tutorial-student-records.md)

## Developer Guides

These how-to guides walk you through common tasks for Couchbase Server development, such as storing, retrieving, and querying documents.

* [Developer Guides](../guides/intro.md)

## SDKs

Couchbase offers numerous software development kits (SDKs) that provide programmatic access to Couchbase Server.

* [SDKs & Connectors](../../../home/sdk.md)

## Query Service Information

The Query Service enables you to issue queries to extract data from Couchbase clusters. You can also issue queries for defining indexes and data manipulation.

* [Query: Fundamentals](../n1ql/query.md)

## Search Service Information

The Search Service (Full Text Search or FTS) enables you to create and manage full-text indexes, and provides extensive capabilities for natural-language and geospatial queries.

* [Introduction to Full Text Search](../fts/fts-introduction.md)

## Eventing Service Information

The Eventing Service provides near real-time handling of changes to data. It enables you to execute code either in response to mutations, or as scheduled by timers.

* [Eventing Service: Fundamentals](../eventing/eventing-overview.md)

## Analytics Service Information

The Analytics Service is a parallel data management capability for Couchbase Server, designed to run ad-hoc, analytical queries efficiently over many records.

* [Introduction to Analytics](../analytics/introduction.md)

## Integrations

Integrations that Couchbase or partners have developed to enhance Couchbase, Capella, and partner services — a vital tool for many larger development projects.

* [Integrations, Connectors, and Tools](integrations.md)