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 ========
 
 C++ binding for the SQLite library
+
+Dependencies
+------------
+
+ - compile dependencies
+   - CMake 3.0 (or later)
+   - libgtest
+ - runtime dependencies
+   - libsqlite3
+
+Example
+-------
+
+**test.cpp**
+
+```C++
+#include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
+#include <sqlitepp/sqlitepp.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+  sqlitepp::Database database("/path/to/database.sqlite");
+  database.execute("CREATE TABLE test (id, value);");
+  std::shared_ptr<sqlitepp::Statement> statement = database.prepare(
+      "INSERT INTO test (id, value) VALUES (:id, :value);");
+  statement->bind(":id", 1);
+  statement->bind(":value", "test value");
+  statement->execute();
+  statement = database.prepare("SELECT id, value FROM test;");
+  ResultSet resultSet = statement->execute();
+  while (resultSet.canRead()) {
+    std::cout << "ID: " << resultSet.readInt(0) << "\t value: "
+        << resultSet.readString(1) << std::endl;
+    resultSet.next();
+  }
+}
+```
+
+```
+$ g++ --std=c++11 -o test -lsqlitepp -lsqlite3 test.cpp
+$ ./test
+ID: 1  value: test value
+```
+
+For more information, see the [API documentation][api].
+
+[api]: http://robinkrahl.github.io/sqlitepp/