# First steps
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If you haven't already, please read the [Introduction](https://tradingview.github.io/lightweight-charts/tutorials/customization/intro.md). At the bottom of that page, you will find a starting file containing everything you need to get up and running with this tutorial (including some sample data to display on the chart).
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Our first task will be to create a chart and get it visible on the page. A more detailed explanation of these steps is available [here](https://tradingview.github.io/lightweight-charts/docs.md).
## Adding the Lightweight Charts™ script
For this example, we will be loading the Lightweight Charts™ library using the standalone version hosted on a CDN server. This approach allows us to just include the script tag within our HTML file and not be concerned about spinning up a web server to host our files, and thus open the HTML file directly on our computer.
We can add the script tag to the HTML page by including the following code within the `` element of the page. In this case, we will insert the code between the `` and `<style>` elements.
```html
<title>Lightweight Charts Customization Tutorial