# Introduction

* Note: this guide is not maintained. It's open for all contributions through GitHub.

## Introduction

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Hello everyone! While reading this book you will learn how to create Telegram Bots from start to finish. I assume you already know Java programming language.

All sources are available at [GitHub repository](https://github.com/MonsterDeveloper/java-telegram-bot-tutorial/).

### Table of contents

* [Lesson 1. Simple "echo" bot](https://monsterdeveloper.gitbook.io/java-telegram-bot-tutorial/chapter1)
* [Lesson 2. PhotoBot](https://monsterdeveloper.gitbook.io/java-telegram-bot-tutorial/lesson-2.-photobot)
* [Lesson 3. Logging](https://monsterdeveloper.gitbook.io/java-telegram-bot-tutorial/lesson-3.-logging)
* [Lesson 4. Emoji](https://monsterdeveloper.gitbook.io/java-telegram-bot-tutorial/lesson-4.-emoji)
* [Lesson 5. Deploy your bot](https://monsterdeveloper.gitbook.io/java-telegram-bot-tutorial/lesson-5.-deploy-your-bot)
* [Lesson 6. Inline keyboards and editing message's text](https://monsterdeveloper.gitbook.io/java-telegram-bot-tutorial/lesson-6.-inline-keyboards-and-editing-messages-text)
* [Lesson 7. Creating users database with MongoDB](https://monsterdeveloper.gitbook.io/java-telegram-bot-tutorial/lesson-7.-creating-users-database-with-mongodb)
* [Lesson 8. Integrating with Redis](https://monsterdeveloper.gitbook.io/java-telegram-bot-tutorial/lesson-8-integrating-with-redis)

### Credits

* [Rubenlagus](https://github.com/rubenlagus/) for his amazing library and support
* [Clevero](https://github.com/Clevero) for his amazing HOWTO guide
* [MasterGroosha](https://github.com/MasterGroosha) for his amazing Python book


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