First steps

• Read the introductory Factor cookbook or the "Your First Program" tutorial, both of which are a part of the Factor Handbook.
• Look at some Examples.

• Configure Factor to work with your favorite editor.
• Start a project with the Scaffold tool.

Explore further

• [John Benediktsson]] writes a web log with introductory Factor examples.
• Chris Double maintains a collection of Factor articles covering various advanced topics.
• Factor on Rosetta Code - Rosetta Code is a website showing the implementation of common tasks in different languages.

Reference documentation

The Factor environment includes extensive reference documentation. The best way to read the documentation is in the Factor UI; press F1 in the UI listener to open the help browser tool. You can also browse the documentation online at http://docs.factorcode.org. Important subsections on the above site:

• Library reference
• Vocabulary index
• The FAQ will answer the most common questions.

Community

A great way to get started with Factor is to join the Concatenative IRC channel and introduce yourself. We are a friendly community and we like to help beginners. We also have a Mailing list for Factor discussion.

Be sure to ride the cutting edge with RSS feeds from Planet Factor also!

More resources

• Coding Style
• Talks
• Screencasts