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# Quick Start Guides

These quick start guides will help you integrate with Curvance's smart contracts using our official API. Whether you're building a frontend dApp, creating a trading bot, or integrating Curvance into your own protocol, these guides provide the core code snippets and explanations you need.

### Overview

Curvance is a money market protocol that enables users to deposit collateral, borrow assets, and participate in governance. The protocol features:

* Isolated risk environments for different asset classes.
* Dynamic Liquidation Engine (DLE) for efficient risk management.
* Optimized gas usage through innovative design patterns.
* MEV (Maximum Extractable Value) capture through Atlas Fastlane auctions.

### Prerequisites

To follow these guides, you'll need:

* Node.js environment.
* Basic knowledge of JavaScript and Ethereum.

### Guide Contents

These quick start guides cover the following areas:

1. Integration Cookbook
2. Loans & Collateral
3. Borrowing & Repayment
4. Leverage
5. Plugin Integration
6. Liquidations

Each guide includes complete code examples, transaction parameter explanations, and tips for error handling and gas optimization. Follow along with these guides to build powerful DeFi applications on top of the Curvance protocol.\
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Let's get started with building on Curvance!


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