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+JBoss AS Getting Started Guide for Developers
+=============================================
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+This project contains sources for the JBoss AS Getting Started Guide for Developers.
+
+* `guide/`  -- sources for the guide
+* `quickstarts/` -- sources for the examples discussed in the guide