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      - label: Install Bazel
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      heading: Why Bazel?
      description: >
          &#123; Fast, Correct &#125; — Choose two
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      - heading: Speed up your builds and tests
        description: >
          Rebuild only what is necessary. Get fast, incremental builds with Bazel's advanced local and distributed caching, optimized dependency analysis, and parallel execution.
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          name: speed
          foreground: google-blue
      - heading: One tool, multiple languages
        description: >
          Build and test using Java, C++, Go, Android, iOS and many other languages and platforms. Bazel runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
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          name: language
          foreground: google-red
      - heading: Scalable
        description: >
          Scale your organization, codebase, and Continuous Integration systems. Bazel handles codebases of any size, whether in multiple repositories or a huge monorepo.
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          name: aspect_ratio
          foreground: google-green
      - heading: Extensible to your needs
        description: >
          Add support for new languages and platforms with Bazel's extension language. Share and re-use language rules written by the growing Bazel community.
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          name: extension
          foreground: google-yellow

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    heading: Essential Bazel
    description: >
      Build and test software of any size, quickly and reliably. Industry leaders like Google, Stripe, and Dropbox trust Bazel to build heavy-duty, mission-critical infrastructure, services, and applications.
    items:
    - heading: Get started
      image_path: /images/integrate.svg
      description: >
        Learn what Bazel is, why it is a good choice for your project, and how you can get started using it quickly.
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      - label: Get started
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    - heading: User's guide
      image_path: /images/integrate.svg
      description: >
        Learn how to use Bazel with documentation and tutorials covering topics from foundational to expert.
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      - label: Read the docs
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    - heading: Reference guide
      image_path: /images/reports.svg
      description: >
        Use these resources to efficiently look up the commands, queries, and terminology necessary to working with Bazel.
      buttons:
      - label: Search the guide
        path: /reference/
        classname: button

  - heading: What's new?
    description: >
      Bazel is always evolving — catch up on our newest documentation or check the release notes to see what's changed and how that affects your builds.
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    - label: Release notes
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    - heading: Build basics
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      description: >
        Learn some history of building and build systems, including design decisions that went into making Bazel.
    - heading: Bzlmod user guide
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      description: >
        Bzlmod is the codename of the new external dependency system introduced in Bazel 5.0.
    - heading: SIGs
      path: /contribute/sig
      description: >
        Join or start a Special Interest Group (SIG) to focus collaboration on particular areas of Bazel development.

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    - heading: Trusted by industry leaders
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        When you build software with Bazel, you're running the same code that has been refined and tested for years at Google to build heavy-duty, mission-critical infrastructure, services, and applications.
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      - label: Who's using Bazel
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