# Getting Started With Crystal

**URL:** <https://metaruby.com/t/getting-started-with-crystal/626>\
**Category:** Crystal Forum\
**Created:** [August 13, 2016, 11:07am UTC](https://metaruby.com/t/getting-started-with-crystal/626 "2016-08-13T11:07:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![gebrielabebe](https://metaruby.com/user_avatar/metaruby.com/gebrielabebe/32/1022_2.png) [@gebrielabebe](https://metaruby.com/u/gebrielabebe)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 11:07am UTC](https://metaruby.com/t/getting-started-with-crystal/626/1 "2016-08-13T11:07:15Z")

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I am not new to programming. I have been using Python for a very long time now. But I find it hard to following the crystal documentation since I don’t have any experience with Ruby. And I think the documentation assumes that the reader have Ruby experience.  
Is there any other documentation or book?

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**Author:** ![kofno](https://metaruby.com/user_avatar/metaruby.com/kofno/32/159_2.png) [@kofno](https://metaruby.com/u/kofno)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://metaruby.com/t/getting-started-with-crystal/626/2 "2016-08-13T12:43:45Z")

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Crystal is pretty new, so there still isn’t a lot written about it yet. There’s crystal for rubyists, which doesn’t assume too much Ruby really. It’s also fairly introductory.

You can always ask for help here or on the IRC or gitter channel.

[http://www.crystalforrubyists.com/book/index.html](http://www.crystalforrubyists.com/book/index.html)