# Tutorials and Demos

- [Loading Data](/v8.5.0/tutorials-and-demos/loading-data.md)
- [Using Heavy Immerse](/v8.5.0/tutorials-and-demos/using-omnisci-immerse.md)
- [Hello World](/v8.5.0/tutorials-and-demos/hello-omnisci.md): While you can immediately begin to analyze your data using Heavy Immerse, you might choose to create your own interface and custom charts.
- [Creating a Kafka Streaming Application](/v8.5.0/tutorials-and-demos/creating-a-kafka-streaming-application.md): Apache Kafka is a distributed streaming platform. You can use Kafka to stream data directly from an application into HeavyDB.
- [Getting Started with Open Source](/v8.5.0/tutorials-and-demos/getting-started-open-source.md)
- [Try Vega](/v8.5.0/tutorials-and-demos/try-vega.md)