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+Getting started
+===============
+
+Setting up your project and development environment
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+In a new directory, create a file called ``README.rst`` with the following
+content.
+
+.. code-block:: rst
+   :caption: README.rst
+
+   Lumache
+   =======
+
+   **Lumache** (/lu'make/) is a Python library for cooks and food lovers that
+   creates recipes mixing random ingredients.
+
+It is a good moment to create a Python virtual environment and install the
+required tools.  For that, open a command line terminal, ``cd`` into the
+directory you just created, and run the following commands:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   $ python -m venv .venv
+   $ source .venv/bin/activate
+   (.venv) $ python -m pip install sphinx
+
+.. note::
+
+   The installation method used above is described in more detail in
+   :ref:`install-pypi`.  For the rest of this tutorial, the instructions will
+   assume a Python virtual environment.
+
+If you executed these instructions correctly, you should have the Sphinx command
+line tools available.  You can do a basic verification running this command:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   (.venv) $ sphinx-build --version
+   sphinx-build 4.0.2
+
+If you see a similar output, you are on the right path!
+
+Creating the documentation layout
+---------------------------------
+
+Then from the command line, run the following command:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   (.venv) $ sphinx-quickstart docs
+
+This will present to you a series of questions required to create the basic
+directory and configuration layout for your project inside the ``docs`` folder.
+To proceed, answer each question as follows:
+
+- ``> Separate source and build directories (y/n) [n]``: Write "``y``" (without
+  quotes) and press :kbd:`Enter`.
+- ``> Project name``: Write "``Lumache``" (without quotes) and press
+  :kbd:`Enter`.
+- ``> Author name(s)``: Write "``Graziella``" (without quotes) and press
+  :kbd:`Enter`.
+- ``> Project release []``: Write "``0.1``" (without quotes) and press
+  :kbd:`Enter`.
+- ``> Project language [en]``: Leave it empty (the default, English) and press
+  :kbd:`Enter`.
+
+After the last question, you will see the new ``docs`` directory with the
+following content.
+
+.. code-block:: text
+
+   docs
+   ├── build
+   ├── make.bat
+   ├── Makefile
+   └── source
+      ├── conf.py
+      ├── index.rst
+      ├── _static
+      └── _templates
+
+The purpose of each of these files is:
+
+``build/``
+  An empty directory (for now) that will hold the rendered documentation.
+
+``make.bat`` and ``Makefile``
+  Convenience scripts to simplify some common Sphinx operations, such as
+  rendering the content.
+
+``source/conf.py``
+  A Python script holding the configuration of the Sphinx project.  It contains
+  the project name and release you specified to ``sphinx-quickstart``, as well
+  as some extra configuration keys.
+
+``source/index.rst``
+  The :term:`root document` of the project, which serves as welcome page and
+  contains the root of the "table of contents tree" (or *toctree*).
+
+Thanks to this bootstrapping step, you already have everything needed to render
+the documentation as HTML for the first time.  To do that, run this command:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   (.venv) $ sphinx-build -b html docs/source/ docs/build/html
+
+And finally, open ``docs/build/html/index.html`` in your browser.  You should see
+something like this:
+
+.. figure:: /_static/tutorial/lumache-first-light.png
+   :width: 80%
+   :align: center
+   :alt: Freshly created documentation of Lumache
+
+   Freshly created documentation of Lumache
+
+There we go! You created your first HTML documentation using Sphinx.
+Now you can start :doc:`customizing it </tutorial/first-steps>`.