# First steps

> Install DocPensieve, write a first page and build it — in under an hour.

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    <CardBody>**Enrolment is open.** Work through the lessons at your own pace, in order.</CardBody>
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By the end of this module, you will have a documentation site running on your
machine, built from pages you wrote.

## At a glance

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      Beginner — no prior knowledge needed.
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      About forty-five minutes.
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## The lessons

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