# Guides

- [Installing Garden](/acorn-0.12/guides/installation.md)
- [Adopting Garden](/acorn-0.12/guides/adopting-garden.md)
- [Code Synchronization (Dev Mode)](/acorn-0.12/guides/code-synchronization-dev-mode.md)
- [Connecting a local service to a K8s cluster (Local Mode)](/acorn-0.12/guides/running-service-in-local-mode.md)
- [Environments and namespaces](/acorn-0.12/guides/namespaces.md)
- [Hot Reload](/acorn-0.12/guides/hot-reload.md)
- [Migrating from Docker Compose to Garden](/acorn-0.12/guides/migrating-from-docker-compose.md)
- [Using Garden in CI](/acorn-0.12/guides/using-garden-in-ci.md)