By now, you should have a running development environment and be able to work with the Red console. You have also learned how to compile and execute a simple script, in development mode as well as in release mode. You learned the most important compilation options, such as renaming the output file with -o, or cross-compiling your program to another deployment platform with -t. You also gained some insight into Red’s compilation model. Finally, we reviewed the existing editor options and prepared a comfortable environment to start coding, working interactively with the Red console as well as with source files.
In the following chapter, we'll explore the basic building blocks of a Red program—words, values, and their types.
