.. _cookbook:
The Cookbook
============
yt provides a great deal of functionality to the user, but sometimes it can
be a bit complex. This section of the documentation lays out examples recipes
for how to do a variety of tasks. Most of the early, simple code
demonstrations are small scripts which you can easily copy and paste into
your own code; however, as we move to more complex tasks, the recipes move to
iPython notebooks to display intermediate steps. All of these recipes are
available for download in a link next to the recipe.
Getting the Sample Data
-----------------------
All of the data used in the cookbook is freely available
`here <https://yt-project.org/data/>`_, where you will find links to download
individual datasets.
.. note:: To contribute your own recipes, please follow the instructions
on how to contribute documentation code: :ref:`writing_documentation`.
Example Scripts
---------------
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
simple_plots
calculating_information
complex_plots
constructing_data_objects
.. _example-notebooks:
Example Notebooks
-----------------
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
notebook_tutorial
custom_colorbar_tickmarks
yt_gadget_analysis
yt_gadget_owls_analysis
../visualizing/TransferFunctionHelper_Tutorial
fits_radio_cubes
fits_xray_images
geographic_xforms_and_projections
tipsy_and_yt
../visualizing/Volume_Rendering_Tutorial
