Getting Started

This section walks you through setting up Spade from scratch. By the end, you will have installed the Spade CLI, run a pipeline, and created a custom block.

Guides in this section🔗

  1. Installation — Install the Spade CLI
  2. Your First Pipeline — Write and run a two-block pipeline
  3. Your First Block (Python) — Create a custom block in Python
  4. Your First Block (R) — Create a custom block in R

For TypeScript, Go, and Rust, see the library quickstarts.

Installation

Install the Spade CLI and set up your local environment.

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Your First Pipeline

Create, validate, and run a simple two-block pipeline.

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Your First Block

Create a custom processing block from scratch using Python.

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Your First R Block

Create a custom Spade block in R from scratch.

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