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# Developers

Build, integrate with or contribute to SwapPulse.

Technical documentation for contributors, integrators and people building an independent SwapPulse deployment.

## Start here

| Goal                                  | Page                                                                             |
| ------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Set up a development environment      | [Developer Onboarding](/swappulse-docs/developers/developer-onboarding.md)       |
| Understand the application design     | [Project Architecture](/swappulse-docs/developers/project-architecture.md)       |
| Integrate with supported endpoints    | [APIs](/swappulse-docs/apis.md)                                                  |
| Inspect the machine-readable contract | [OpenAPI Contract](/swappulse-docs/apis/openapi-contract.md)                     |
| Review internal function families     | [Backend Function Catalogue](/swappulse-docs/apis/backend-function-catalogue.md) |

Use the OpenAPI contract for public product integrations. Repository function directories also contain private, administrative, webhook and scheduled operations.