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<p>We'll start by creating a simple application, which is starting two libp2p <a href="https://docs.libp2p.io/concepts/stream-multiplexing/#switch-swarm">switch</a>, and pinging each other using the <a href="https://docs.libp2p.io/concepts/protocols/#ping">Ping</a> protocol.</p>
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<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-6-1" name="__codelineno-6-1" href="#__codelineno-6-1"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="c"># ping the other node and echo the ping duration</span>
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<div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><code><a id="__codelineno-7-1" name="__codelineno-7-1" href="#__codelineno-7-1"></a><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">await</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">allFutures</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">switch1</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">stop</span><span class="p">(),</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">switch2</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">stop</span><span class="p">())</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c"># close connections and shutdown all transports</span>
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You can now run this program using <code>nim c -r part1.nim</code>, and you should see the dialing sequence, ending with a ping output.</p>
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