16 July 2026
The Raku Course — fully revised, with a new design and an instant playground
The Raku Course — our free online course of the Raku programming language — has just received its biggest update ever. Every page of the course has been revised from start to finish, and there is a lot of new material to explore.
What's new in the content
- Additional chapters across the course, filling the gaps between the basics and the advanced topics.
- A new part: the full course test. One comprehensive test that lets you check your knowledge of the entire course material.
- A new part: the exercises appendix. All practical exercises collected in one place, so you can drill exactly the skills you want.
As before, the course takes you from your very first Raku program to confident everyday use: theory, quizzes, exercises, and answers, organized so you can follow the full track or jump straight to the topic you need.
What's new around the content
- A brand-new design — cleaner pages that are a pleasure to read on any device.
- Full-course search — find any topic, keyword, or code construct across the whole course in an instant.
- An instant playground — powered by Raku.js, our WebAssembly build of Raku++. Edit and run Raku code right on the page, with no installation and no server behind it.
Free, for everyone
The course remains completely free. The creation of its content was financially supported by The Perl and Raku Foundation. Use the course for self-study or as ready-to-use material for teaching others.
Start here: course.raku.org — or read more about the course.