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Welcome, Symphony Developer!

Start Your Developer Journey

Here you will learn about all the ways to streamline work using integrated bots and apps. By leveraging Symphony's open APIs, developers can create innovative Bots and workflows, save time with strategic automations, and customize their Symphony experience by building third-party Extension Apps.

Keep reading to learn about core Symphony concepts in order to ensure a smooth development journey from your first line of code to putting your application in production.

Getting Started

It's time to get started. Navigate to one of the following guides to kick off your developer journey today!

• Building Bots on Symphony
• Building Extension Applications on Symphony
• Become a Certified Developer
• Developer Tools
• REST API Reference
• Extension API Reference
• Embedded Modules

{% hint style="info" %} Looking to migrate your bot from the deprecated SDKs to the latest BDKs? Please check out our migration guides to bring your bot up to date with our latest tooling.

• Migration guide from SDK to Symphony BDK for Java
• Migration guide from SDK to Symphony BDK for Python {% endhint %}

Building Bots on Symphony Messaging

Begin your development journey by taking an in depth look at Symphony Messaging Bots. Understand the core concepts and all the details needed to get your Bot up and running!

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Want to build your first bot together with the Developer Relations team? Head over to our developer training centre and register for our online courses to get started, and it's free.

• Developing Bots using BDK for Java
• Developing Bots using BDK for Python
• Implementing Workflows with WDK

{% hint style="info" %} For even more in depth look at how to Build Bots and Apps, check out our new Developer Certification program: Developer Certification 🎓 {% endhint %}

Building Extension Applications

Bring customized and extensible workflows into Symphony Messaging through Extension Apps. Understand how to build, deploy, and manage your Extension App!

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Become a Certified Developer

Enroll in our brand new Developer Certification program and obtain sandbox access for free! Register and enroll today!

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Messaging REST API

In depth documentation and reference guide for the Symphony REST API:

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Extension API

In depth documentation and reference guide for the Symphony Messaging Extension API:

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Developer Tools

Check out our dedicated SDKs, Bot Developer Kit, Bot Generators and more to streamline your development process!

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Embedded Modules

Securely embed stand-alone Symphony Messaging chat modules inside other websites and applications:

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