New to Drupal? Learning your way around can seem very daunting at first. However, there are some great resources available to help you get down the learning curve.
IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. The IRC sytem provides a way for Drupal users to communicate in real time.
To begin, you must download an IRC client, for example XChat. Then configure the client to use the freenode network, irc.freenode.net. Popular Drupal channels include:
#drupal Coding questions and other general questions.
#drupal-support Support for any non-coding issues.
#drupal-themes Support for theming.
For more information see the Drupal site: http://drupal.org/irc.
The Drupal sites has online tutorials called "handbooks", see: http://drupal.org/handbooks.