.. _resources:

=====================
Other Chaco resources
=====================


Chaco Gallery
=============
Examples of what can be done with Chaco is available in
the `Chaco gallery <http://code.enthought.com/projects/chaco/gallery.php>`_.

.. _going_further:

Further Reading and resources
=============================

You can also learn more about Chaco:

* running :ref:`the tutorials <built_in_tutorials>` included with the Chaco package,

* following :ref:`demos of Chaco <chaco_webinars>` given during webinars Enthought to EPD subscribers,

* reading :ref:`seminar slides <chaco_presentations>` posted on conference websites,

* reading about :ref:`the API <api_docs>` from the developer guide.

* following the Chaco mailing list: chaco-users@enthought.com

.. _built_in_tutorials:

Built-in tutorials
------------------

For more details on how to use Chaco to embed powerful plotting
functionality inside applications, refer to the :ref:`tutorials` page.
In particular, some tutorial examples were added into the
:file:`examples/tutorials/scipy2008/` directory.  These examples are
numbered and introduce
concepts one at a time, going from a simple line plot to building a
custom overlay with its own trait editor and reusing an existing tool
from the built-in set of tools.  You can browse them on the GitHub repository
at:
https://github.com/enthought/chaco/tree/master/examples/tutorials .
Finally, it is recommended to explore the examples
(:ref:`examples` section) as they are regularly updated to reflect the most recent
changes and recommended ways to use Chaco.


.. _chaco_webinars:

Enthought webinars
------------------
The video webinars given in  as part of the Enthought webinar
series cover building interactive plotting using Chaco. If you are an
EPD user, you can find the video, the slides, and the demo code for
each webinar covering Chaco.

* The first one (April 2010) demoes how to use Chaco as your plotting
  tool (https://www.enthought.com/repo/epd/webinars/2010-04InteractiveChaco/ ).

* The seconds (October 2010) illustrates how to building interactive 2D visualization (see
  https://www.enthought.com/repo/epd/webinars/2010-10Building2DInteractiveVisualizations/ ).


.. _chaco_presentations:


Presentations
-------------

There have been several presentations on Chaco at previous PyCon and
SciPy conferences:

* Video recording of the latest Chaco presentation at SciPy 2011 at
  http://conference.scipy.org/scipy2011/tutorials.php#corran

* Follow the tutorial from the Scipy 2006 conference at
  http://code.enthought.com/projects/files/chaco_scipy06/chaco_talk.html ,

* Follow the presentation of Chaco at the PyCon 2007 at
  http://code.enthought.com/projects/files/chaco_pycon07/ .

* `SciPy 2008 Tutorial slides (pdf) <https://svn.enthought.com/svn/enthought/Chaco/trunk/docs/scipy08_tutorial.pdf>`_

.. _api_docs:

Developers references and API Docs
-----------------------------------

For developers and architects,

* more details about the **current architecture and API** can be found in
  the :ref:`programmers_reference`,

* the API for Chaco 3.0 (in ETS 3.0) can be found at
  http://code.enthought.com/projects/files/ETS3_API/enthought.chaco.html ,

* the API for Chaco2 (in ETS 2.7.1) can be found at
  http://code.enthought.com/projects/files/ets_api/enthought.chaco2.html .