Usage

Basic integration

To get going with ecto, you need the following simple CMake steps

• Using ecto in your own projects

Tutorials

These tutorials walk through the basic usage of ecto.

• Hello Ecto!
• Hello Plasms!
• Lifecycle of Cells
• Tendrils and Spores

Techniques

So you now have a basic understanding and you should follow the following guidelines to code with ecto perfectly :)

• Using python packages with ecto projects
• Python Binding Autoregistration
• Builtin Ecto Cells
• BlackBox

Tips and Tricks

With great flexibility comes great tips and tricks. The following info might help code faster and exploit ecto and its tools fully.

• Tendril Connections
• Command line helpers: getting stats, GUIS, a shell and more automagically !
• Automatic Documentation and Ecto’s Sphinx Extensions

Using External Tools

Ecto was developed to interoperate with classic C++/Python development tools.

• Using IPython
• Debugging with gdb
• Valgrind

Advanced Usage

Well, what is I want to do for loops ? or integrate with Python better ? or not use Python ? Well, that section is for you.

• Wrapping enumerations
• Parameters to and from YAML
• Serialization: Create From Python, Load/Execute From Pure C++
• Pure C++: serialization is awesome but I REALLY want to use pure C++