index: Contents
HOWTOs about selected features
Hacking
Videos

# index

ï»¿= Redis Documentation =
Russian TranslationHello! The followings are pointers to different parts of the Redis Documentation.

- New! You can now Try Redis directly in your browser!.
- The README is the best starting point to know more about the project.
- This short Quick Start provides a five minutes step-by-step istructions on how to download, compile, run and test the basic workings of a Redis server.
- The command reference is a description of all the Redis commands with links to command specific pages. You can also download the Redis Commands Cheat-Sheet provided by Mason Jones (btw some command may be missing, the primary source is the wiki).
- This is a tutorial about creating a Twitter clone using *only* Redis as database, no relational DB at all is used, it is a good start to understand the key-value database paradigm.
- A Fifteen Minutes Introduction to the Redis Data Types explains how Redis data types work and the basic patterns of working with Redis.
- the Simon Willison Redis Tutorial is a must read, very good documentation where you will find a lot of real world ideas and use cases.
- The features page (currently in draft) is a good start to understand the strength and limitations of Redis.
- The benchmark page is about the speed performances of Redis.
- Our FAQ contains of course some answers to common questions about Redis.
- The Redis Cookbook is a collaborative effort to provide some good recipe ;)

# HOWTOs about selected features

- The Redis Replication HOWTO is what you need to read in order to understand how Redis master `<->` slave replication works.
- The Append Only File HOWTO explains how the alternative Redis durability mode works. AOF is an alternative to snapshotting on disk from time to time (the default).
- Virtual Memory User Guide. A simple to understand guide about using and configuring the Redis Virtual Memory.

# Hacking

- The Protocol Specification is all you need in order to implement a Redis client library for a missing language. PHP, Python, Ruby and Erlang are already supported.

- Look at Redis Internals if you are interested in the implementation details of the Redis server.

# Videos

- watch the Ezra Zygmuntowicz talk about Redis to know the most important Redis ideas in few minutes.
- Salvatore Sanfilippo and Pieter Noordhuis at the SF Redis Meetup