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# General Usage Guide

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Here we present a comprehensive guide on how to develop a web application with scanning capabilities using DWT.

### Table of Contents

- [Loading Library Resources](https://www.dynamsoft.com/web-twain/docs/general-usage/resource-loading.md)
- [License](https://www.dynamsoft.com/web-twain/docs/general-usage/license.md)
- [Initializing DWT](https://www.dynamsoft.com/web-twain/docs/general-usage/initialization.md)
- [Acquiring Images from Scanners](https://www.dynamsoft.com/web-twain/docs/general-usage/scanner-image-acquisition.md)
- [Configuring the Viewer](https://www.dynamsoft.com/web-twain/docs/general-usage/viewer-configuration.md)
- [Processing Images](https://www.dynamsoft.com/web-twain/docs/general-usage/image-processing/index.md)
- [Exporting Images](https://www.dynamsoft.com/web-twain/docs/general-usage/image-export/index.md)
- [Server-Side Scripting](https://www.dynamsoft.com/web-twain/docs/general-usage/server-side-scripting.md)
- [Deploying to the Server](https://www.dynamsoft.com/web-twain/docs/general-usage/server-deployment.md)

These guides cover all simple tools required to scan, view, and edit images, and then send them to the web server. Check out our Hello World guide [here](https://www.dynamsoft.com/web-twain/docs/hello-world/index.md) for a quick demonstration of these tools.

Start by learning how to initialize DWT in your web application. After that, feel free to read the other sections in no particular order.