Getting started with Raku
You are new to Raku? The other pages on this site offer too many options and confuse you? Then here is the right place to read on.
Here you can find a selection that should be suitable for beginners. When you are a bit familiar with the language, come back to raku.org and look at other resources too.
The Main Track
- Install a compiler — follow these instructions to build and install Rakudo Star, a Raku distribution with a number of useful modules included.
- Read about Raku — explore the documentation to start learning Raku.
- Find available modules — use the
zefmodule manager (comes with Rakudo Star) to install modules listed at the Raku modules directory. - Write a program in Raku
- Write another program in Raku ☺
- Get involved!
The Side Track
Parallel to the main track, you can read examples or talk to the community, and ask when you have questions or get stuck.
- Read example Raku code.
- Get in touch with the community for questions, suggestions, and inspiration.
- Found a bug in Rakudo? Submit a bug report by creating a new issue in the Github repository. There is also a list of already known issues.
- Read Raku blogs.