Tutorials
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Welcome to the Tutorials page! If you want to learn about Life, cellular automata, patterns, software and scripting, you've come to the right place. These tutorials are designed for beginners, but you can continue into the sections to learn more and become a Professional™; we will start from something as simple as viewing a pattern.
Before we start
- See also category Glossary
Before starting these tutorials, you may want to read around on the wiki. These tutorials may at times expect you to know basic rules and patterns. Here are some articles you may want to check out before starting:
Tutorials
- See also category Tutorials
Here are the tutorials currently available.
- Rules — start here if you're not yet familiar with cellular automata and want to get a bit of background before delving into patterns and software.
- Golly
- LifeViewer JavaScript plug-in
- Software
- Compiling C Code (In General)
- Coding Life simulators (series of blog posts by Eric Lippert)
- Specific Programs:
- Other search methods
- Your first Python script