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+# Dagger 2 examples
+
+This repository contains all the code samples for the series of blog
+posts *[A Friendly Introduction to Dagger 2][1]* published by me on
+Medium. To compile and run each example, just navigate to the corresponding folder
+and run `./gradlew build run`.
+
+[1]: https://medium.com/@isoron/a-friendly-introduction-to-dagger-2-part-1-dbdf2f3fb17b#.q0ggdnni2