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+title: The easiest way to get started with Svelte
+description: This'll only take a minute.
+author: Rich Harris
+authorURL: https://twitter.com/Rich_Harris
+---
+
+Svelte is a [new kind of framework](/blog/frameworks-without-the-framework). Rather than putting a `<script src='svelte.js'>` tag on the page, or bringing it into your app with `import` or `require`, Svelte is a compiler that works behind the scenes to turn your component files into beautifully optimised JavaScript.
+
+Because of that, getting started with it can be a little bit confusing at first. How, you might reasonably ask, do you make a Svelte app?
+
+
+## 1. Use the REPL
+
+The [Svelte REPL](/repl) (Read-Eval-Print Loop) is the easiest way to begin. This is an interactive environment that allows you to modify code and instantly see the result. 
+
+You can choose from a list of [examples](/examples/), click the [REPL](/repl) link, and then tweak them until they do what you want.
+
+<aside><p>You'll need to have <a href="https://nodejs.org/">Node.js</a> installed, and know how to use the terminal</p></aside>
+
+At some point, your app will outgrow the REPL. Click the **download** button to save a `svelte-app.zip` file to your computer and uncompress it.
+
+Open a terminal window and set the project up...
+
+```bash
+cd /path/to/svelte-app
+npm install
+```
+
+...then start up a development server:
+
+```bash
+npm run dev
+```
+
+This will serve your app on [localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080) and rebuild it with [Rollup](https://rollupjs.org) every time you make a change to the files in `svelte-app/src`.
+
+## 2. Use degit
+
+When you download from the REPL, you're getting a customised version of the [sveltejs/template](https://github.com/sveltejs/template) repo. You can skip messing around with zip files by using [degit](https://github.com/Rich-Harris/degit), a project scaffolding tool.
+
+In the terminal, you can instantly create a new project like so:
+
+```bash
+npx degit sveltejs/template my-svelte-project
+cd my-svelte-project
+# to use TypeScript run:
+# node scripts/setupTypeScript.js
+
+npm install
+npm run dev
+```
+
+This will create a new project in the `my-svelte-project` directory, install its dependencies, and start a server on http://localhost:8080.
+
+You can find more information about using TypeScript [here](/blog/svelte-and-typescript).
+
+Once you've tinkered a bit and understood how everything fits together, you can fork [sveltejs/template](https://github.com/sveltejs/template) and start doing this instead:
+
+```bash
+npx degit your-name/template my-new-project
+```
+
+And that's it! Do `npm run build` to create a production-ready version of your app, and check the project template's [README](https://github.com/sveltejs/template/blob/master/README.md) for instructions on how to easily deploy your app to the web with [Vercel](https://vercel.com) or [Surge](http://surge.sh/).
+
+You're not restricted to using Rollup — there are also integrations for [webpack](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte-loader), [Browserify](https://github.com/tehshrike/sveltify) and others, or you can use the [Svelte CLI](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte-cli) (Update from 2019: with Svelte 3 the CLI was deprecated and we now use [sirv-cli](https://www.npmjs.com/package/sirv-cli) in our template. Feel free to use whatever tool you like!) or the [API](https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/tree/v2#api) directly. If you make a project template using one of these tools, please share it with the [Svelte Discord chatroom](chat), or via [@sveltejs](https://twitter.com/sveltejs) on Twitter!