# Getting started

> Introductory guidance for building your first Flow in Maestro, from core ideas to authoring in VS Code.

This section introduces Flow and walks you through the first steps of building one. It covers what Flow is, how to create your first Flow, and how to work with Flow inside VS Code.

This is the right starting point for readers who are new to Flow and want a guided path from the core concepts to a working example.

These are the getting started topics:

* [What is Flow?](./what-is-flow.md)
* [Your first Flow](./quickstart.md)
* [Flow in VS Code](./vs-code.md)