# Starting to study

**URL:** <https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/starting-to-study/4681>\
**Category:** Learning\
**Created:** [November 13, 2019, 11:23am UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/starting-to-study/4681 "2019-11-13T11:23:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![vmarcosp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@vmarcosp](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/vmarcosp)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 11:23am UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/starting-to-study/4681/1 "2019-11-13T11:23:06Z")

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Hi guys! I wanna start to study OCaml, but I dunno how to start. Should I start reading some book like **Real World OCaml?** Or some course? Thx \<3

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**Author:** ![anuragsoni](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ocaml.org/anuragsoni/32/1107_2.png) [@anuragsoni](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/anuragsoni)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/starting-to-study/4681/2 "2019-11-13T20:25:10Z")

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The real world OCaml book is pretty good. I’d recommend using their newer edition: [http://dev.realworldocaml.org/](http://dev.realworldocaml.org/)

If you like MOOC format then the OCaml MOOC is an excellent option. They have a new session that is currently running -\> [https://www.fun-mooc.fr/courses/course-v1:parisdiderot+56002+session04/about](https://www.fun-mooc.fr/courses/course-v1:parisdiderot+56002+session04/about)

That said, if you don’t have much experience with other programming languages, I’d recommend starting with Beginning OCaml followed by More OCaml (both by John Whitington; More details at: [http://ocaml-book.com/](http://ocaml-book.com/)). I think its a more gentle introduction to OCaml and focuses on the language without worrying about other tooling. After this Real World OCaml can be a good introduction to using some libraries from the ecosystem, using dune to build/test projects etc.

I’d also recommend joining the discord channel and post on the #begnners channel if you get stuck: [https://discordapp.com/invite/cCYQbqN](https://discordapp.com/invite/cCYQbqN)

Happy learning,  
Anurag