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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.
Welcome to the tutorials page, in here you will learn the techniques of [[Life]]-related things, from viewing patterns to python scripting. These tutorials are designed for the beginner. We will start from something as simple as viewing a pattern. Go down to check out the tutorials that are available.


== Before we start ==
== Before we start ==
Before we start the tutorial, you might want to read around on the wiki. This tutorial series expects you to know basic rules and patterns. Here are some articles to read before starting: <br/>
{{CatRel|Glossary}}
*[[Life]]
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:
*[[Cellular automata]]
 
*[[Pattern]]
* [[Life]]
*[[Soup]]
* [[Glossary of basic terms]]
*[[Still life]]
* [[Cellular automata]]
*[[Spaceship]]
* [[Pattern]]
*[[Oscillator]]
* [[Soup]]
* [[Still life]]
* [[Spaceship]]
* [[Oscillator]]


== Tutorials ==
== Tutorials ==
Here are the tutorials we have available (Not all of them may be available, this is '''Work In Progress'''):
{{CatRel|Tutorials}}
Here are some of the tutorials currently available; see {{CategoryLink|Tutorials|style=inline}} for more.


* [[Tutorials/Rules|Rules]] (including how to create custom rule tables)
* [[Tutorials/Rules|Rules]] &mdash; 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.
** [[Tutorials/Finding rules|Finding good rules]]
** [[Tutorials/Creating custom rules|Creating custom rules]]
* [[Tutorials/Golly|Golly]]
* [[Tutorials/Golly|Golly]]
* [[Tutorials/MoreGolly|More Golly]]
** [[Tutorials/More Golly|More Golly]]
** [[Tutorials/Scripts|Scripts]]
** [[Tutorials/Scripts|Scripts]]
** [[Tutorials/Overlays|Overlays]]
* [[Tutorials/LifeViewer JavaScript plug-in|LifeViewer JavaScript plug-in]]
* [[Tutorials/Software|Software]]
* [[Tutorials/Software|Software]]
** [[Tutorials/WLS|WLS]]
** [[Tutorials/Your first Python script|Your first Python script]]
** [[Tutorials/Compiling|Compiling C Code]]
** [[Tutorials/Compiling|Compiling C Code (In General)]]
** [[Tutorials/Gfind|Gfind]]
** [[Tutorials/Coding Life simulators|Coding Life simulators]] (series of blog posts by Eric Lippert)
** [[Tutorials/Contributing to Catagolue|Contributing to Catagolue]]
** Specific Programs:
* [[Tutorials/Python|Your First Python Script]]
*** [[Tutorials/Contributing to 5S|Contributing to the 5S Project]]
*** [[Tutorials/Contributing to Catagolue|Contributing to Catagolue]]
*** [[Tutorials/Catagolue stdin symmetry|Catagolue stdin symmetry]]
*** [[Tutorials/gfind|gfind]]
*** [[Tutorials/ikpx2|ikpx2]]
*** [[Tutorials/LLS|LLS (Logic Life Search)]]
*** [[Tutorials/LSSS|LSSS]]
*** [[Tutorials/LLSSS|LLSSS]]
*** [[Tutorials/rlifesrc|rlifesrc]]
*** [[Tutorials/Seeds_of_Destruction_Game|Seeds of Destruction Game]]
*** [[Tutorials/slsparse|slmake/slsparse]]
* [[Tutorials/Search methods|Other search methods]]
** [[Tutorials/Glider syntheses|Glider syntheses]]
** [[Tutorials/Seed building|Seed building]]
** [[Tutorials/Finding conduits|Finding conduits]]
** [[Tutorials/Catalyses|Catalyses]]
** [[Tutorials/General technology|General technology]]
** [[Tutorials/Finding oscillators|Finding oscillators]]


[[Category:Tutorials]]
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Latest revision as of 18:41, 1 April 2026

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 some of the tutorials currently available; see category "Tutorials" for more.