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 # rustlings
 
-Greetings and welcome to rustlings. This project contains small exercises to get you used to reading and writing code. This includes reading and responding to compiler messages!
+Greetings and welcome to `rustlings`. This project contains small exercises to get you used to reading and writing Rust code. This includes reading and responding to compiler messages!
 
-## How to get started
+Alternatively, for a first-time Rust learner, there's several other resources:
 
-To use rustlings you need to have a [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/) toolchain installed. To install it go to [rustup.rs](https://rustup.rs/).
+- [The Book](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/index.html) - The most comprehensive resource for learning Rust, but a bit theoretical sometimes
+- [Rust By Example](https://doc.rust-lang.org/rust-by-example/index.html) - Learn Rust by solving little exercises! It's almost like `rustlings`, but online
 
-Once Rust is installed, clone the rustlings repository and enter the resulting directory:
+## Getting Started
+
+To use `rustlings` you need to have [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/) installed on your computer. To install Rust, go to [rustup.rs](https://rustup.rs/).
+
+Once Rust is installed, clone the `rustlings` repository and enter the resulting directory:
 
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/rustlings/rustlings.git
 cd rustlings
 ```
 
-Once in the directory you can install rustlings on your machine and run exercises:
+Once in the directory you can install `rustlings` on your machine and run the introduction:
 
 ```bash
 cargo install --path .
-rustlings <command>
-```
-
-Or run rustlings directly with cargo, without installing it:
-
-```bash
-cargo run <command>
+rustlings
 ```
 
-If you choose to not install rustlings, just replace `rustlings` with `cargo run` in the rest of this text.
+If you choose to not install the `rustlings` command, just replace `rustlings` with `cargo run` in the rest of this text.
 
 ## Doing exercises
 
-The exercises are sorted by topic and can be found in the subdirectory `rustlings/exercises/<topic>`. For every topic there is an additional README file with some resources to get you started on the topic. We really recommend, that you have a look at them before you start. 
-
-For every topic there is an additional README file with some resources to get you started on the topic. We really recommend, that you have a look at them before you start.
-
-Your task is simple. Every exercise contains an error you have to solve, in order to make it compile.
+The exercises are sorted by topic and can be found in the subdirectory `rustlings/exercises/<topic>`. For every topic there is an additional README file with some resources to get you started on the topic. We really recommend that you have a look at them before you start. 
 
-Running `rustlings verify` will compile every exercise in the recommended order. It will stop at the first exercise that didn't compile and show you the error to be solved.
+Your task is simple. Every exercise contains an error you have to solve in order to make it compile. Running `rustlings verify` will compile every exercise in the recommended order. It will stop at the first exercise that didn't compile and show you the error to be solved.
 
 `rustlings watch` will rerun this verification every time you save an exercise.