first-steps.md

First Steps with Foundry

This section provides an overview of the forge command line tool. We demonstrate how to create a new project, compile, and test it.

To start a new project with Foundry, use forge init:

{{#include ../output/hello_foundry/forge-init:command}}

Let's check out what forge generated for us:

$ cd hello_foundry
{{#include ../output/hello_foundry/tree:all}}

We can build the project with forge build:

{{#include ../output/hello_foundry/forge-build:all}}

And run the tests with forge test:

{{#include ../output/hello_foundry/forge-test:all}}

💡 Tip

You can always print help for any subcommand (or their subcommands) by adding --help at the end.

You can watch these beginner tutorials if you are a visual learner.