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# Apache Celix - Getting Started Guide

## Guides
There are several guide to help you get started. The first guide is [Getting Started: Creating a simple bundle](creating_a_simple_bundle.md) 
and this should get you started for your first C and/or C++ bundle.

After that you can extend the example by using services with the following guides:
 - [Getting Started: Using Services with C](using_services_with_c.md)
 - [Getting Started: Using Services with C++](using_services_with_cxx.md)