WednesdayWednesday Playbook

Getting Started Section

The first instruction section in an article is a special case.

It should always be named Getting Started and should cover the initial steps to get started with the rest of the article.

If you have a starter project, typically this section should contain the following:

  1. Instructions to download the starter project: Typically you can use a set sentence for this: “Download the starter project by clicking on the Download Materials button at the top or bottom of the tutorial.”
  2. An overview of the starter project: This should include an overview of what the project does, a build and run with screenshots, and optionally an overview of the code.
  3. An overview of the problem: Finally, give a description of what feature(s) you are trying to add to the starter project in this tutorial.