Package Contents
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ChemApp for Python is distributed in the form of a Python package, which you
will receive as a ``.tar.gz`` file. The package contains the following modules:

* ``core`` module

  The ``core`` module contains Python classes for entities like phases, phase
  constituents, thermochemical systems and calculation results. These classes
  can be used to create objects that make it easy and flexible to do
  computational thermochemistry work. We demonstrate this with examples.

* ``basic`` module

  This module provides access to ChemApp through the original, very compact
  ``tq*`` application programmer's interface (:term:`API`).

* ``friendly`` module

  This module allows you to work with ChemApp through a more verbose, and more
  friendly :term:`API`  that is easier to read and remember. This API is also
  more power, in that you can get more done with fewer lines of code.

* User manual

  This manual is provided in ``.pdf`` format in the ChemApp for Python
  distribution package. It is also available as online ressource at 
  <https://python.gtt-technologies.de/doc/chemapp/main.html>

* Examples

  The distribution package contains a set of examples that demonstrate how to
  use the different parts of ChemApp for Python, step by step.

.. todo: add jupyter notebooks in phase 2.
.. * Jupyter notebooks
..
..   These notebooks contain examples of how to use ChemApp for Python, in the form of
..   friendly and easy-to-use web interactive pages.