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👋 Welcome! This guide will get you set up with PostHog for your web app and backend.

If you're having problems at any point or getting stuck, reach out to Lior@posthog.com

Chapter 1

Install PostHog

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1. Snippet
2. SDKs
3. Integrations
4. API

Chapter 2

Send events

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1. Setup autocapture
2. Capture custom events
3. Capture backend events
4. When should I send events from the server vs. the client?
5. Can I migrate events from another tool?
6. Event ingestion nuances

Chapter 3

Identify users

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1. How identify works
2. Best practices when using identify
3. Further reading

Chapter 4

Person profiles and properties

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1. How to set person properties
2. Further reading

Chapter 5

Actions & insights

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1. Creating a new action from autocapture events
2. Creating a new trends insight
3. Filtering events in our insight

Chapter 6

Group analytics

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1. What are groups in PostHog?
2. Use cases
3. The difference between groups and cohorts
4. How to create groups
5. How to set group properties
6. How to capture group events
7. Using groups in PostHog
8. Further reading