# How can I get started?

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**Created:** [January 17, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/how-can-i-get-started/2604 "2022-01-17T19:26:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![crab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@crab](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/crab)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/how-can-i-get-started/2604/1 "2022-01-17T19:26:31Z")

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How can I get started with Fortran? The Programming in Fortran book was aimed at scientists, and frankly, I’m not a scientist. What do you suggest?

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**Author:** ![vmagnin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/vmagnin/32/28_2.png) [@vmagnin](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/vmagnin)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/how-can-i-get-started/2604/2 "2022-01-17T20:34:38Z")

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Welcome to the Discourse,

you can start with the tutorials of the community:

> **[Learn Fortran - Fortran Programming Language](https://fortran-lang.org/learn/)**
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> Fortran Programming Language

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**Author:** ![crab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@crab](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/crab)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/how-can-i-get-started/2604/4 "2022-01-17T23:54:07Z")

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I currently use F#.

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**Author:** ![crab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@crab](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/crab)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/how-can-i-get-started/2604/5 "2022-01-17T23:54:50Z")

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Also, is this a good tut? [Fortran 90 Tutorial](https://web.stanford.edu/class/me200c/tutorial_90/)

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**Author:** ![everythingfunctional](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fortran-lang.discourse.group/everythingfunctional/32/176_2.png) [@everythingfunctional](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/everythingfunctional)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/how-can-i-get-started/2604/7 "2022-01-18T00:55:53Z")

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I’ve got a couple of courses available if you’re willing to spend a little money. [Online Courses](https://www.everythingfunctional.com/online-courses.html) But as already mentioned, [fortran-lang.org](http://fortran-lang.org) has some good free content.

You’ll find the prevailing style in Fortran quite different from F#, but there are some aspects of Fortran that are amenable to functional programming techniques. I have adopted a reasonably functional style in most of my open source libraries.

Welcome to the forum and good luck with your forays into the world of Fortran. Don’t hesitate to come back here asking questions as you’re learning.

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**Author:** ![crab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@crab](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/u/crab)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://fortran-lang.discourse.group/t/how-can-i-get-started/2604/8 "2022-01-18T13:33:40Z")

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Thank you!