Introduction to Raku | Raku Documentation

Getting started

About the docs How to contribute to Raku and to the documents, how to generate the docs locally

Announcements page A date-stamped list of notes relevant to the Raku documentation site.

Brief introduction Using Raku official documentation

Filename extensions The extensions recommended for files with Raku content.

Raku by example 101 A basic introductory example of a Raku program

Migration guides

Haskell to Raku - nutshell Learning Raku from Haskell, in a nutshell

JavaScript (Node.js) to Raku - nutshell Learning Raku from Node.js, in a nutshell

Perl to Raku guide - functions Builtin functions in Perl to Raku

Perl to Raku guide - in a nutshell How do I do what I used to do? (Raku in a nutshell)

Perl to Raku guide - operators Operators in Perl to Raku: equivalencies and variations

Perl to Raku guide - overview How do I do what I used to do?

Perl to Raku guide - special variables A comparison of special variables in Perl and Raku

Perl to Raku guide - syntax Syntactic differences between Perl and Raku

Python to Raku - nutshell Learning Raku from Python, in a nutshell

Ruby to Raku - nutshell Learning Raku from Ruby, in a nutshell: what do I already know?

Tutorials

Classes and objects A tutorial about creating and using classes in Raku

Command line interface Creating your own CLI in Raku

CompUnits and where to find them How and when Raku modules are compiled, where they are stored, and how to access them in compiled form.

Concurrency Concurrency and asynchronous programming

Core modules Core modules that may be useful to module authors

Creating operators A short tutorial on how to declare operators and create new ones.

Doing math with Raku Different mathematical paradigms and how they are implemented in this language

Entering unicode characters Input methods for unicode characters in terminals, the shell, and editors

Grammar tutorial An introduction to grammars

Input/Output File-related operations

Inter-process communication Programs running other programs and communicating with them

Iterating Functionalities available for visiting all items in a complex data structure

Module development utilities What can help you write/test/improve your module(s)

Module packages Creating module packages for code reuse

Modules How to create, use, and distribute Raku modules

REPL Read-eval-print loop

Regexes: best practices and gotchas Some tips on regexes and grammars