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[% setvar title Getting started with Perl 6 %]
[% menu nav gettingstarted %]
<div id="subpage-header">
[% include camelia %]
<h2>[% readvar title %]</h2>
<p>You are new to Perl 6? The other pages on this site offer too many
options and confuse you? Then here is the right place to read on.</p>
<p>Here you can find a selection that should be suitable for beginners.
When you are a bit familiar with the language, come back to perl6.org and
look at other resources too.</p>
</div>
<div id="col1">
<h3>The Main Track</h3>
<ul>
<li>1. <strong>Install a compiler</strong> — follow <a
href="http://rakudo.org/how-to-get-rakudo">these instructions</a>
to build and install Rakudo Star (“R*”), a Perl 6 compiler based on <a
href="http://parrot.org/">Parrot</a>.</li>
<li>2. <strong>Read about Perl 6</strong> — grab the latest .pdf file
of <a href="http://github.com/perl6/book/downloads">this book</a>
to learn Perl 6.</li>
<li>3. <strong>Find available modules</strong> — use the <tt>panda</tt>
installer (comes with R*) to install modules listed at the
<a href="http://modules.perl6.org/">Perl6 modules directory</a>.</li>
<li>4. <strong>Write a program in Perl 6</strong></li>
<li>5. <strong>Write another program in Perl 6</strong> ☺</li>
<li>6. <a href="/getting-started/involved">Get involved!</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="col2">
<h3>The Side Track</h3>
<p>Parallel to the main track, you can read examples or talk to the
community, and ask when you have questions or get stuck.</p>
<ul>
<li>• Read <a href="http://github.com/perl6/perl6-examples">example Perl 6
code</a>.</li>
<li>• Get in touch with <a href="/community/">the community</a> for
questions, suggestions, and inspiration.</li>
<li>• Ask Perl 6 questions on <a
href="http://www.perlmonks.org/node=SoPW">perlmonks</a>.</li>
<li>• Found a bug in Rakudo? Send a bug report to <a
href="mailto:rakudobug@perl.org">rakudobug@perl.org</a>.</li>
<li>• Read <a href="http://planetsix.perl.org/">the Perl 6
blogs</a>.</li>
</ul>
</div>