# Getting Started

Welcome to Frends's getting started section. Frends is an easy-to-use and powerful integration platform (iPaaS) that is designed to support your most critical business needs and that developers like to use. 

## Introduction

Frends' low-code integration editor makes it easy for anyone to understand the logic behind the integrations, while being powerful enough to make it possible to create anything in the capable hands of integration developers. 

Having version control and CI/CD capable deployment and environments built in to the platform makes it easy to develop and deploy new features to test and production. Once deployed, the provided logging features show instantly what happened and where.

Are you perhaps interested in creating APIs using Frends? We have full suite of API management features too, built in and always included, just like the other features. Pop in your OpenAPI specification and link a process to each endpoint, and you're ready to get the integration logic flowing through an API. Securely, of course.

## Guides

To get started with your path to success with Frends, we have gathered guides here to take your first step. You can start exploring the paths we have created for your specific situation below.

### The basics

Regardless of your role, you might want to get familiar with [Frends Glossary](/docs/frends-6.1.0/get-started/frends-glossary.md) as well as [Frends Highlights](/docs/frends-6.1.0/get-started/frends-highlights.md) which will help you understand the platform and terminology used better. 

For the very basics of the platform, we recommend also checking out the Welcome tour in your Frends Tenant. You can find it from the Home View of your Frends Platform, under **Onboarding**, if it didn't launch automatically. You can also check this interactive demo we have built just for you:

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### Learning paths

With the basics of the Frends platform grasped, here you can find the curated guides to get you further on your path.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th data-type="content-ref"></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="/pages/8Qh3RfgFecxIcDC3pXxl">/pages/8Qh3RfgFecxIcDC3pXxl</a></td><td><p>How to create, deploy and test integrations, called </p><p>Processes, with Frends.</p></td><td><a href="/pages/8Qh3RfgFecxIcDC3pXxl">/pages/8Qh3RfgFecxIcDC3pXxl</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/WDBGz4mIen7bhJux0nAD">/pages/WDBGz4mIen7bhJux0nAD</a></td><td>How to check what is happening in your Frends environment.</td><td><a href="/pages/WDBGz4mIen7bhJux0nAD">/pages/WDBGz4mIen7bhJux0nAD</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/Mi1VWoJYPcLkpTMEg8q6">/pages/Mi1VWoJYPcLkpTMEg8q6</a></td><td>Received a support ticket about Frends and no idea how to continue? Start here.</td><td><a href="/pages/Mi1VWoJYPcLkpTMEg8q6">/pages/Mi1VWoJYPcLkpTMEg8q6</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## What's next?

Already got yourself familiarized with Frends basics? Check out these categories to learn more about Frends.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th data-type="content-ref"></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="/spaces/5LGDIGALBToaaFjbtrP5/pages/OnunVx50aX4gwKLVoNzR">/spaces/5LGDIGALBToaaFjbtrP5/pages/OnunVx50aX4gwKLVoNzR</a></td><td>Learn more about Frends Processes' technical details.</td><td><a href="/spaces/1H5SQ92uIfBOYNIeoUAc/pages/OnunVx50aX4gwKLVoNzR">/spaces/1H5SQ92uIfBOYNIeoUAc/pages/OnunVx50aX4gwKLVoNzR</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/spaces/0p415NUmUmiF4ayjI81L/pages/dgf7eh785UkA0sYHgytO">/spaces/0p415NUmUmiF4ayjI81L/pages/dgf7eh785UkA0sYHgytO</a></td><td>More guides to learn about common use cases and scenarios.</td><td><a href="/spaces/0p415NUmUmiF4ayjI81L/pages/dgf7eh785UkA0sYHgytO">/spaces/0p415NUmUmiF4ayjI81L/pages/dgf7eh785UkA0sYHgytO</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/EfB5g6cma7RMKRqZtvbK">/pages/EfB5g6cma7RMKRqZtvbK</a></td><td>Learn more about the development features in Frends.</td><td><a href="/pages/EfB5g6cma7RMKRqZtvbK">/pages/EfB5g6cma7RMKRqZtvbK</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/r9uYBAKyEC4F2jHo31CH">/pages/r9uYBAKyEC4F2jHo31CH</a></td><td>Interested in managing and supporting Frends &#x26; integrations? Check here.</td><td><a href="/pages/r9uYBAKyEC4F2jHo31CH">/pages/r9uYBAKyEC4F2jHo31CH</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/I9RI55qvPGhNz84Nb4Z0">/pages/I9RI55qvPGhNz84Nb4Z0</a></td><td>This is how Frends works in the background.</td><td><a href="/pages/I9RI55qvPGhNz84Nb4Z0">/pages/I9RI55qvPGhNz84Nb4Z0</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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