| 1 | # Exosphere SDK [](https://circleci.com/gh/Originate/exosphere-sdk)
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| 2 | > Rails for micro-service based cloud-native applications
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| 4 | This is the command-line interface of the Exosphere SDK.
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| 5 | It allows to develop Exosphere applications locally
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| 6 | on OS X, Linux, and Windows machines.
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| 8 | __Background on microservices:__
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| 9 | * [Exosphere application architecture](documentation/background/application-architecture.md)
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| 10 | * [message-based communication](documentation/background/communication.md)
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| 11 | * [object-oriented data modeling](documentation/background/data.md)
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| 13 | __Architecture of this SDK:__
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| 14 | * [SDK parts](documentation/architecture/sdk-parts.md)
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| 15 | * [creating micro-services](documentation/architecture/services.md)
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| 17 | __Start using the SDK:__
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| 18 | * [install it](documentation/install.md)
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| 19 | * [download and run an example app](documentation/example-apps.md)
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| 20 | * [create your own Exosphere app](documentation/scaffolding.md)
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| 23 | ## Developing the Exosphere SDK
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| 25 | see our [developer guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md)
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