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Respite
=======

About
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Respite conforms Django to Representational State Transfer (and, incidentally, HTTP).

Installation
------------

Stable releases of Respite are distributed via the python package index.
See the :ref:`installation` page for detailed instructions.

Documentation
-------------

Overview
^^^^^^^^

If you're new to Respite, please see the :ref:`overview-and-tutorial` for
an introduction. The rest of the documentation will assume you're at least
passingly familiar with the material contained within.

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Usage documentation
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Respite's usage documentation expands upon the concepts outlined in
the :ref:`overview-and-tutorial`.

.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
    :glob:
    
    usage/*

Development
-----------

Please see the :ref:`development` page for comprehensive information on
contributing to Respite.