Here are some useful links to a knowledge source not included in Rakudo Star, yet helpful and especially useful for beginners. * Perl 5 to 6 http://perlgeek.de/en/article/5-to-6 Series of articles by Moritz Lenz giving an excellent introduction to Perl 6 for Perl 5 programmers, focusing on the changed things and underlining the caveats. * Perl 6 Advent Calendar http://perl6advent.wordpress.com/ Series of articles showing "Something cool about Perl 6 every day". Advent Calendar shows some nice new features of Perl 6, explains the new operators and shows many interesting challenging examples of their usage. * Gabor Szabo's screencasts http://szabgab.com/perl6.html#screencast In his screencasts, Gabor Szabo shows a baby-steps introduction to Perl 6, showing code examples and executing them to show their effect on the screen. A great introduction if You'd like to start from the very beginning and explore Perl 6 piece by piece.