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# Quick start with the code
+[Read our guide to contributing to Harmony here](https://harmonydata.ac.uk/contributing-to-harmony/).
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You can run the walkthrough Python notebook in [Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/github/harmonydata/harmony/blob/main/Harmony_example_walkthrough.ipynb) with a single click:
You can also download an R markdown notebook to run in R Studio: