Start in the `tea-tasks` directory you created in the overview. Create a file named `tasks.tea` and put these two lines in it: **`tasks.tea`** ```tea checkpoint="examples/tutorial/tasks/01-first-task/tasks.tea" const title = "Learn Tea" @println(`Task: ${title}`) ``` Run the file: ```bash tea tasks.tea ``` ```text Task: Learn Tea ``` That's the starting point for the task list. Tea runs statements at the top level of a file, so you don't need to declare an entrypoint function. ## Read the two lines `const title = "Learn Tea"` creates a binding named `title`. Tea infers that it holds a `String` from the value on the right. `const` prevents you from assigning a different value to that binding. We'll introduce `var` when we need a value that changes. `@println(...)` writes a value followed by a newline. The `@` identifies a built-in operation supplied by Tea; functions you write yourself don't use that prefix. Double quotes make an ordinary string. Backticks make an interpolated string: the `${title}` expression is evaluated and its value becomes part of the text. You can embed other expressions there too. You don't need semicolons. A newline separates these statements. ## Try it yourself Change the task title and add a second line of output that says why you want to learn Tea. Run the file again.

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```tea const title = "Automate my daily notes" @println(`Task: ${title}`) @println("I want a small tool I can run from my terminal.") ```

You now have a file you can edit and run. Next, you'll turn that single task into a list. Read more: [bindings and strings](/docs/syntax), [built-in output functions](/reference/builtins).