Getting started

Welcome to the introductory ASE tutorials. This is where to start.

If you are not familiar with Python please read What is Python?.

If your ASE scripts make extensive use of matrices you may want to familiarize yourself with Numeric arrays in Python.

The purpose of these tutorials is to teach you the essentials of ASE for actual production use, and they are regarded as prerequisite for any of the Specialized tutorials.

• Introduction: Nitrogen on copper
• Atoms and calculators
• External calculators
• Manipulating atoms
• Structure optimization: H₂O
• Crystals and band structure
• Nanoparticle