A desktop with many tools can make the first minute harder than it needs to be. CodeSplash AI’s onboarding now starts with an empty desktop and walks through the actual controls you will use to begin working.
Begin with a project
The guide starts at the repository chooser. It shows the three ways to begin: open an existing folder, clone a remote repository, or create a new project. You can inspect the forms and continue without creating or downloading anything.
That makes the first decision concrete. You are learning where your project enters the application before being asked to understand every tool around it.
Discover apps by using their buttons
The orientation moves through the side menu and its app groups. Clicking the highlighted button opens the app’s real entry screen. With no repository selected, that screen explains what is needed to begin.
This approach connects an app name to its location and starting state. It also makes the side menu’s collapsed, expanded, and grouped arrangements part of the introduction rather than preferences you have to discover later.
Try both layouts
Tabs gives the selected app the main view. Workspaces gives a project a canvas of panels. The guide introduces the layout switch and demonstrates the panel controls, including maximizing, minimizing, restoring, and closing a panel.
These steps are useful even if you already know which layout you prefer. They show how to recover space, bring a panel back, and recognize the controls when a workspace gets busy.
Find the settings you will revisit
The final part of the orientation visits settings groups, appearance, search, and Learn. Learn is the return point for onboarding, feature tutorials, release history, and resources.
Previous, Next, and Exit remain available throughout the guide. You can spend time on the unfamiliar parts and move through the rest at your own pace.
At the end, Start exploring opens the Getting Started project with its README ready. You can also choose your own project. The objective is a first working session: know where the apps live, understand the layouts, and have a clear place to begin.
Download the desktop from CodeSplash AI, or replay the orientation from Settings → Learn.