docs: refine onboarding process with quickstart guide

README.md

@@ -6,5 +6,8 @@ _Testcontainers for Go_ is a Go package that makes it simple to create and clean
 automated integration/smoke tests. The clean, easy-to-use API enables developers to programmatically define containers
 that should be run as part of a test and clean up those resources when the test is done.
 
-You can find more information about _Testcontainers for Go_ in the [./docs](./docs) directory, which is rendered at
-[golang.testcontainers.org](https://golang.testcontainers.org).
+You can find more information about _Testcontainers for Go_ at [golang.testcontainers.org](https://golang.testcontainers.org), which is rendered from the [./docs](./docs) directory.
+
+## Using _Testcontainers for Go_
+
+Please visit [the quickstart guide](https://golang.testcontainers.org/quickstart) to understand how to add the dependency to your Go project.

docs/index.md

@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ _Testcontainers for Go_ is a Go package that makes it simple to create and clean
 automated integration/smoke tests. The clean, easy-to-use API enables developers to programmatically define containers
 that should be run as part of a test and clean up those resources when the test is done.
 
-This project is opensource and you can have a look at the code on
-[GitHub](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go).
+To start using _Testcontainers for Go_ please read our [quickstart guide](./quickstart.md).
 
 ## GoDoc
 
@@ -34,7 +33,8 @@ examples as well. Check it out at
 
 ## License
 
-See [LICENSE](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/blob/main/LICENSE).
+This project is opensource and you can have a look at the code on
+[GitHub](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go). See [LICENSE](https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/blob/main/LICENSE).
 
 ## Copyright
 

docs/quickstart/gotest.md → docs/quickstart.md

@@ -3,15 +3,11 @@ _Testcontainers for Go_ plays well with the native `go test` framework.
 The ideal use case is for integration or end to end tests. It helps you to spin
 up and manage the dependencies life cycle via Docker.
 
-Docker has to be available for this library to work.
+## 1. System requirements
 
-## 1. Install
+Please read the [system requirements](../system_requirements/) page before you start.
 
-We use [gomod](https://blog.golang.org/using-go-modules) and you can get it installed via:
-
-```
-go get github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go
-```
+## 2. Install _Testcontainers for Go_
 
 !!!warning
 
@@ -38,7 +34,13 @@ go get github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go
 	)
 	```
 
-## 2. Spin up Redis
+We use [gomod](https://blog.golang.org/using-go-modules) and you can get it installed via:
+
+```
+go get github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go
+```
+
+## 3. Spin up Redis
 
 ```go
 import (
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ terminated function: `defer redisC.Terminate(ctx)`.
     Look at [features/garbage_collector](/features/garbage_collector/) to know another way to
     clean up resources.
 
-## 3. Make your code to talk with the container
+## 4. Make your code to talk with the container
 
 This is just an example, but usually Go applications that rely on Redis are
 using the [redis-go](https://github.com/go-redis/redis) client. This code gets
@@ -133,6 +135,10 @@ We expose only one port, so the `Endpoint` does not need a second argument set.
 
 In this case it returns: `localhost:<mappedportfor-6379>`.
 
-## 3. Run the test
+## 5. Run the test
 
 You can run the test via `go test ./...`
+
+## 6. Want to go deeper with Redis?
+
+You can find a more elaborated Redis example in our examples section. Please check it out [here](./examples/redis.md).

examples/mkdocs.go

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type MkDocsConfig struct {
 	MarkdownExtensions []interface{} `yaml:"markdown_extensions"`
 	Nav                []struct {
 		Home               string        `yaml:"Home,omitempty"`
-		Quickstart         []string      `yaml:"Quickstart,omitempty"`
+		Quickstart         string        `yaml:"Quickstart,omitempty"`
 		Features           []interface{} `yaml:"Features,omitempty"`
 		Examples           []string      `yaml:"Examples,omitempty"`
 		SystemRequirements []string      `yaml:"System Requirements,omitempty"`

mkdocs.yml

@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ markdown_extensions:
     - pymdownx.snippets
 nav:
     - Home: index.md
-    - Quickstart:
-        - quickstart/gotest.md
+    - Quickstart: quickstart.md
     - Features:
         - features/creating_container.md
         - features/networking.md