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+# Getting Started
+
+### Reference Documentation
+For further reference, please consider the following sections:
+
+* [Official Gradle documentation](https://docs.gradle.org)
+* [Spring Boot Gradle Plugin Reference Guide](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.4.4/gradle-plugin/reference/html/)
+* [Create an OCI image](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.4.4/gradle-plugin/reference/html/#build-image)
+* [Spring Web](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.4.4/reference/htmlsingle/#boot-features-developing-web-applications)
+* [Spring Data JPA](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/2.4.4/reference/htmlsingle/#boot-features-jpa-and-spring-data)
+
+### Guides
+The following guides illustrate how to use some features concretely:
+
+* [Building a RESTful Web Service](https://spring.io/guides/gs/rest-service/)
+* [Serving Web Content with Spring MVC](https://spring.io/guides/gs/serving-web-content/)
+* [Building REST services with Spring](https://spring.io/guides/tutorials/bookmarks/)
+* [Accessing Data with JPA](https://spring.io/guides/gs/accessing-data-jpa/)
+
+### Additional Links
+These additional references should also help you:
+
+* [Gradle Build Scans – insights for your project's build](https://scans.gradle.com#gradle)
+