# About Talend Data Preparation

If you are new to Talend Data Preparation and want to follow a step-by-step example that goes through its main capabilities, see [Talend Data Preparation Getting Started Guide](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-preparation-getting-started/8.0).

### In this section

* [What is Talend Data Preparation?](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-preparation-user-guide/8.0/what-is-talend-data-preparation)
* [Talend Data Preparation concepts](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-preparation-user-guide/8.0/talend-data-preparation-concepts)
* [Talend Data Preparation architecture](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/data-preparation-user-guide/8.0/talend-data-preparation-architecture)