Getting Started (Tutorials)
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This section provides step-by-step tutorials to help you install py3plex and complete your first multilayer network analysis.

**What's in this section:**

* :doc:`installation` — Installation options and dependencies
* :doc:`tutorial_10min` — Comprehensive 10-minute tutorial from basics to advanced analysis
* :doc:`common_issues` — Solutions to installation and runtime problems

**Why Tutorials?**

These pages are **learning-oriented**—they walk you through concrete steps to build skills and confidence. Unlike how-to guides (which assume you know what you want to do), tutorials guide you through a complete journey from start to finish.

Recommended Path
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**Complete Beginner?**

1. :doc:`installation` — Set up your environment
2. :doc:`tutorial_10min` — Complete tutorial from basics to advanced topics
3. Then explore :doc:`../how-to/part_intro` for specific tasks

**Experienced with Networks?**

1. Skim :doc:`tutorial_10min` to see py3plex syntax and features
2. Jump to :doc:`../how-to/part_intro` for task-oriented guides
3. Check :doc:`../concepts/py3plex_core_model` for the data model

**Having Problems?**

See :doc:`common_issues` for troubleshooting help.

What You'll Learn
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After completing these tutorials, you'll know how to:

* Install py3plex and its dependencies
* Create multilayer networks from scratch
* Load networks from files
* Compute basic statistics and centrality measures
* Detect communities across layers
* Visualize multilayer networks
* Query networks with the DSL

**Next Steps After Tutorials:**

* **Task-oriented guides:** :doc:`../how-to/part_intro`
* **Understand the theory:** :doc:`../concepts/multilayer_networks_101`
* **See more examples:** :doc:`../examples/index`
* **API reference:** :doc:`../reference/api_index`

**Relation to Other Sections:**

This section teaches by **doing**. Other sections serve different purposes:

* **Overview** (:doc:`../overview/part_intro`) — High-level introduction without code
* **How-to Guides** (:doc:`../how-to/part_intro`) — Solve specific problems (assumes basic knowledge)
* **Concepts** (:doc:`../concepts/part_intro`) — Understand the theory and design
* **Reference** (:doc:`../reference/part_intro`) — Look up API details