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# Your First Project

This tutorial walks you through the first few steps of getting started with Garden using one of the Kubernetes plugins (local or remote).

We'll go through:

1. [Initializing a simple example project](/acorn-0.12/tutorials/your-first-project/1-initialize-a-project.md)
2. [Connecting to a Kubernetes cluster](/acorn-0.12/tutorials/your-first-project/2-connect-to-a-cluster.md)
3. [Deploying and testing the project](/acorn-0.12/tutorials/your-first-project/3-deploy-and-test.md)
4. How you can go from there and [configure your own project](/acorn-0.12/tutorials/your-first-project/4-configure-your-project.md)

You'll need to have Garden installed to follow along with this guide. You'll find the instructions in our [Quickstart uigde](/acorn-0.12/basics/quickstart.md).

We also recommend quickly reading the [How Garden Works](/acorn-0.12/basics/how-garden-works.md) page before carrying on.

Once you've done that, head on over to the [next page](/acorn-0.12/tutorials/your-first-project/1-initialize-a-project.md)!