# Crash Course Video

Before you begin the Getting Started tutorial, take a few moments to familiarize yourself with Cognex Designer by watching the following crash course video. The video introduces you to the core concepts and the work flow of Cognex Designer by providing information on the following topics:

- The common components of Cognex Designer applications.
- Using the Sequence Editor and Task windows to order blocks and to visually model task-oriented applications.
- How values are passed and managed between Cognex Designer blocks using tags.
- Creating GUIs and HMIs with no custom coding.

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