# Client and programming tools for using Athena
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You can access Athena using a variety of client and programming tools. These tools include the AWS Management Console, a JDBC or ODBC connection, the Athena API, the Athena CLI, the AWS SDK, or AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell.
+ To get started using Athena SQL with the console, see [Get started](getting-started.md).
+ To get started creating Jupyter compatible notebooks and Apache Spark applications that use Python, see [Use Apache Spark in Amazon Athena](notebooks-spark.md).
+ To learn how to use JDBC or ODBC drivers, see [Connect to Amazon Athena with JDBC](connect-with-jdbc.md) and [Connect to Amazon Athena with ODBC](connect-with-odbc.md).
+ To use the Athena API, see the [Amazon Athena API Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/APIReference/).
+ To use the CLI, [install the AWS CLI](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/installing.html) and then type `aws athena help` from the command line to see available commands. For information about available commands, see the [Amazon Athena command line reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/athena/).
+ To use the AWS SDK for Java 2.x, see the Athena section of the [AWS SDK for Java 2.x API Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/latest/reference/), the [Athena Java V2 examples](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/tree/main/java/example_code/athena) on GitHub.com, and the [AWS SDK for Java 2.x Developer Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/latest/developer-guide/).
+ To use the AWS SDK for .NET, see the `Amazon.Athena` namespace in the [AWS SDK for .NET API Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdkfornet/v3/apidocs/items/Athena/NAthena.html), the [.NET Athena examples](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-doc-sdk-examples/tree/main/.dotnet/example_code_legacy/Athena) on GitHub.com, and the [AWS SDK for .NET Developer Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-net/latest/developer-guide/).
+ To use AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell, see the [AWS Tools for PowerShell - Amazon Athena](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/latest/reference/index.html?page=Amazon_Athena_cmdlets.html) cmdlet reference, the [AWS Tools for PowerShell](https://aws.amazon.com/powershell/) portal page, and the [AWS Tools for PowerShell User Guide](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/latest/userguide/).
+  For information about Athena service endpoints that you can connect to programmatically, see [Amazon Athena endpoints and quotas](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/athena.html) in the *[Amazon Web Services General Reference](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/)*.