# Audience

This book is a reference for Derby users, typically application developers. Derby users who are not familiar with the SQL standard or the Java programming language will benefit from consulting books on those topics.

Derby users who want a how-to approach to working with Derby or an introduction to Derby concepts should read the Java DB Developer's Guide. This book is for users who want to optimize and tune their application's performance.

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