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This guide will take you through the installation and setup of Amber to be used in a project.

To get started with Amber and its setup and environment, we will create a simple TODO list application with Amber.

Some words about Amber's IDE

Unlike many other web languages/frameworks, Amber provides a fully integrated development environment that runs directly in the web browser.

The IDE makes it possible to edit code live and interact with running objects. When served with a DAV server or the builtin amber server, it is also possible to commit changes to disk, freeing the developer from the edit/save/reload development cycle.

Saved files

Amber saves packages files as requirejs JavaScript modules containing the compiled code of Amber packages.

Amber also saves for convenience the Smalltalk source code in separate .st files.

In the next sections we will learn how to install Amber, load packages and fire up the development environment.