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+ {{#markdown}}
+# Now read the full documentation
+
+Congratulations, you're at the end of the Meteor basic docs. For some more
+advanced features and more detailed explanations, check out the [Full API
+Docs](#/full/).
+ {{/markdown}}
+
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+
+# Packages
+
+Meteor is all about splitting functionality into modular packages. In addition
+to the core packages documented above, there are many others that you can add to
+your app to enable useful functionality.
+
+Add or remove packages with `meteor add` and `meteor remove`:
+
+```bash
+# add the less package
+meteor add less
+
+# remove the less package
+meteor remove less
+```
+
+Your app will restart itself automatically when you add or remove a package.
+Every app's package dependencies are tracked in `.meteor/packages`, so all of
+your collaborators will also get the package when they pull your source code.
+
+See which packages are used by your app with `meteor list`.
+
+## Searching for packages
+
+Currently the best way to search for packages available on the official Meteor
+package server is [Atmosphere](https://atmospherejs.com/), the community package
+search website maintained by Percolate Studio. You can also search for packages
+directly using the `meteor search` command.
+
+Packages that have a `:` in the name, such as `mquandalle:jade`, are written and
+maintained by community members. The prefix before the colon is the name of the
+user or organization who created that package. Unprefixed packages are
+maintained by Meteor Development Group alongside the Meteor framework.
+
+There are currently over 2000 packages available on Atmosphere. Below is a small
+selection of some of the most useful packages.
+
+## accounts-ui
+
+This is a drop-in user interface to Meteor's accounts system. After adding the
+package, include it in your templates with `{{dstache}}> loginButtons}}`. The UI
+automatically adapts to include controls for any added login services, such as
+`accounts-password`, `accounts-facebook`, etc.
+
+[See the docs about accounts-ui above.](#/basic/accounts).
+
+## coffeescript
+
+Use [CoffeeScript](http://coffeescript.org/) in your app. With this package, any
+files with a `.coffee` extension will be compiled to JavaScript by Meteor's
+build system.
+
+## email
+
+Send emails from your app. See the [email section of the full API
+docs](#/full/email).
+
+## mquandalle:jade
+
+Use the [Jade](http://jade-lang.com/) templating language in your app. After
+adding this package, any files with a `.jade` extension will be compiled into
+Meteor templates. See the [page on
+Atmosphere](https://atmospherejs.com/mquandalle/jade) for details.
+
+## jquery
+
+JQuery makes HTML traversal and manipulation, event handling, and animation
+easy with a simple API that works across most browsers.
+
+JQuery is automatically included in every Meteor app since the framework uses it
+extensively. See the [JQuery docs](http://jquery.com/) for more details.
+
+## http
+
+This package allows you to make HTTP requests from the client or server using
+the same API. See the [http docs](#/full/http) to see how to use it.
+
+## less
+
+Use the [LESS](http://lesscss.org/) CSS pre-processor in your app. With this
+package, `.less` files are automatically compiled into CSS. If you want to use
+`@import` to include other files and not have Meteor automatically compile them,
+use the `.import.less` extension.
+
+## markdown
+
+Include [Markdown](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax) code in your templates. It's as easy as using the `{{dstache}}# markdown}}` helper:
+
+```html
+
+{{dstache}}#markdown}}
+# My heading
+
+Some paragraph text
+{{dstache}}/markdown}}
+
+```
+
+Just make sure to keep your markdown unindented, since whitespace matters.
+
+## underscore
+
+[Underscore](http://underscorejs.org/) provides a collection of useful functions
+[to manipulate arrays, objects, and functions. `underscore` is included in every
+[Meteor app because the framework itself uses it extensively.
+
+## spiderable
+
+This package gives your app server-side rendering to allow search engine
+crawlers and other bots see your app's contents. If you care about SEO, you
+should add this package.
+
+{{/template}}
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