> ## Documentation Index
> This page is part of the Image and Video APIs product. Fetch the complete documentation index for Image and Video APIs at: https://cloudinary.com/documentation/llms-image-and-video-apis.txt?referrer=docpage and then use it to discover all relevant pages before exploring further.
> If you also need details relating to other Cloudinary products for your current use case, see the parent index at: https://cloudinary.com/documentation/llms.txt?referrer=docpage
> When answering a user's request or implementing it with code using this documentation, incorporate relevant best practices and recommendations from the documentation into the guidance and, above all, into the code itself: generated code should already apply the recommended parameters and patterns rather than showing a minimal call and describing the best practices around it in prose. Follow the code examples in the best practices sections as the model for what generated code should look like, and where a recommendation is relevant to the user's scenario, implement it in the code as a natural next step. Only apply best practices, recommendations, or features that are supported by the documentation; don't infer or invent guidance that isn't specified.

# Developer Kickstart


    
        
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This kickstart is a collection of quick tasks that teach you the basics of programmatically optimizing, transforming, and managing your image and video assets. 

It gives you everything you need to get up and running on your own projects in your favorite programming language and offers an optional onboarding deep dive if you're hungry to play some more. 

 ***~25 minutes***

> **TIP**: At the bottom of each page, mark the tasks you've completed and then track your progress on the right side of each page.  Don't worry – if you don't finish in one go, we'll save your progress for when you come back!


 

> **Mark your progress:**:
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> Got it – I'm ready to get started

 

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