quickstart
Fast beginner's guide
Quickstart refers to materials designed to get someone using a product or system immediately, without extensive preparation.
A quickstart guide covers only essential steps, skipping detailed explanations in favor of getting things working: The quickstart had me up and running in ten minutes.
The term appears frequently in software documentation and technical products.
Process of putting in
- configurationArrangement of parts
- tutorialInstructional step-by-step guide
- walkthroughSequential instructional guide
- guideLeader or instruction book
onboarding · initialization · deployment · how-to · primer · manual · documentation · bootcamp
Preliminary section or presentation
- basicsFoundational knowledge of something
- fundamentalsCore elements of something
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- essentialsIndispensable items or elements
launchpad · kickoff · primer · overview · orientation · initiation · groundwork · stepping-stone
Accelerate a process
- expediteSpeed up a process
- accelerateIncrease in velocity
- hastenTo accelerate or rush
- jumpstartRevive with external power
shortcut · time-saving · rapid · swift · instant · immediate · streamlined · efficient
Easy for newcomers
- user-friendlyEasy to operate
- intuitiveKnown without reasoning
- accessibleAble to be reached
- straightforwardClear and uncomplicated
simple · uncomplicated · foolproof · self-explanatory · approachable · seamless · effortless · basic
installation
Process of putting in
- configurationArrangement of parts
- tutorialInstructional step-by-step guide
- walkthroughSequential instructional guide
guide · onboarding · initialization · deployment · how-to · primer · manual · documentation · bootcamp · launchpad
introduction
Preliminary section or presentation
- basicsFoundational knowledge of something
- fundamentalsCore elements of something
- foundationUnderlying support structure
essentials · launchpad · kickoff · primer · overview · orientation · initiation · groundwork · stepping-stone
fast-track
Accelerate a process
- expediteSpeed up a process
- accelerateIncrease in velocity
- hastenTo accelerate or rush
jumpstart · shortcut · time-saving · rapid · swift · instant · immediate · streamlined · efficient · plug-and-play
beginner-friendly
Easy for newcomers
- user-friendlyEasy to operate
- intuitiveKnown without reasoning
- accessibleAble to be reached
straightforward · simple · uncomplicated · foolproof · self-explanatory · approachable · seamless · effortless · basic · elementary
- manualsuser manual, manual, handbook, product manual, service manual
- tutorialstutorial, how-tos, tutorial video, step-by-step guide, walkthrough
- documentationmanual, manuals, user guide, user guides, user manual
- documentation toolsConfluence, readme, Sphinx, knowledge base, user manuals
- tabletop RPGsD&D, sourcebook, dungeon master, game master, DM
- accelerationaccelerate, acceleration, accelerating, speed up, speeding up
quickstartreference manual
Documentation for using something
deep dive · encyclopedia · tome · compendium · treatise
quick, start, quicker, quickest, quickly, quicken, quickens, quickened, quickening