racket/collects/scribblings/main/getting-started.scrbl
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#lang scribble/doc
@(require scribble/manual)
@title{Getting Started with PLT Scheme}
If you are new to programming or if you have the patience to work
through a textbook:
@itemize[
@item{@italic{@link["http:///www.htdp.org/"]{How to
Design Programs}} is the best place to start.}
@item{@other-manual['(lib "web-server/scribblings/tutorial/continue.scrbl")]
introduces you to the Module language and building web applications.}
@item{@other-manual['(lib "scribblings/guide/guide.scrbl")] describes
the rest of the PLT Scheme language, which is much bigger than
the learning-oriented languages of the textbook. Since you
learned functional programming from the textbook, you'll be
able to skim chapters 1 and 2 of the Guide.}
]
If you're already a programmer and you're in more of a hurry:
@itemize[
@item{@other-manual['(lib "scribblings/quick/quick.scrbl")] gives you
a taste of PLT Scheme.}
@item{@other-manual['(lib "scribblings/more/more.scrbl")] dives much
deeper and much faster. If it's too much, just skip to the
Guide.}
@item{@other-manual['(lib "scribblings/guide/guide.scrbl")] starts
with a tutorial on Scheme based, and then it describes the rest
of the PLT Scheme language.}
]
Of course, you should feel free to mix and match the above two tracks,
since there is information in each that is not in the other.