Racket allows programmers to add new syntactic constructs in the same way that other languages permit the formulation of procedures, methods, or classes. All you need to do is formulate a simple …

Running raco docs (or Racket Documentation on Windows or Mac OS) may open a different page with local and user-specific documentation, including documentation for installed packages.

Chapter 2 provides a brief introduction to Racket. From Chapter 3 on, this guide dives into details— covering much of the Racket toolbox, but leaving precise details to The Racket Reference and other …

The distribution includes pre-built, platform-independent bytecode; it installs much faster than plain source, and it is also compatible with fast installs of additional Racket packages.

Most likely, you’ll want to explore the Racket language using DrRacket, especially at the beginning. If you prefer, you can also work with the command-line racket interpreter (see Running racket and …

This manual defines the core Racket language and describes its most prominent libraries. The companion manual The Racket Guide provides a friendlier (though less precise and less complete) …

Editors like Emacs offer a Racket or Scheme mode with similar indentation support. Re-indenting not only makes the code easier to read, it gives you extra feedback that your parentheses match in the …

An introduction to the Racket functional programming language and DrRacket development environment to explore topics in mathematics (mostly recreational) and computer science.

Symbols in The Racket Guide introduces symbols. A symbol is like an immutable string, but symbols are normally interned, so that two symbols with the same character content are normally eq?.

For experienced programmers, to continue touring Racket from a systems-oriented perspective instead of pictures, your next stop is More: Systems Programming with Racket. To instead start learning …