# Guides

After you've become familiar with the [key concepts](https://docs.carto.com/carto-for-developers/key-concepts) of CARTO for Developers, and after your first experiments with [CARTO + deck.gl](https://github.com/CartoDB/gitbook-documentation/blob/master/carto-for-developers/key-concepts/carto-for-deck.gl) and our [APIs](https://api-docs.carto.com), it's time to build complete solutions.

To help you design your solution and understand how the different pieces work together, we've build these complete **guides,** based on real use cases:

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