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 ## Getting Started
 
-We recommend checking out [The Bevy Book](https://bevyengine.org/learn/book/introduction) for a full tutorial. You can quickly try out the [examples](/examples) by cloning this repo and running the following command:
+We recommend checking out [The Bevy Book](https://bevyengine.org/learn/book/introduction) for a full tutorial.
+
+Follow the [Setup guide](https://bevyengine.org/learn/book/getting-started/setup/) to ensure your development environment is setup up correctly.
+Once setup, you can quickly try out the [examples](/examples) by cloning this repo and running the following command:
 
 ```sh
 # Runs the "breakout" example