2.2 How to Read this Manual

This is OEChem's Python Programming manual. It is a collection of prose covering many of the important topics which can be addressed by the OEChem library. This manual is meant to be read from front to back at least once. Each topic in this manual is introduced assuming the knowledge presented earlier in the manual. Further, the complexity of topics as well as the complexity of the example code grows as the text progresses. While the initial listings are effectively the "Hello World" of OEChem, later examples may require some time to comprehend fully. This manual is filled with example programs. We encourage you to test and modify the examples we present.

For a reference to OEChem's complete functionality, please see the associated API manual. For a more in-depth discussion of the underlying C++ library, see the C++ Theory Manual.