Extending Mathics3

While Mathics3 has a lot to offer, it is always in need of extension, and there are two broad ways to do so: using additional Mathics3 code, or additional Python code.

These are described in the sections below

• Mathics3 Setup Code Read on Loading
• Mathics3 Packages
• Setup for Developing Mathics3 Python Code
  • Developer Python Code-Checking Packages
  • Optional but Useful Developer Python Packages
• Mathics3 from Python
  • Using Mathics3 from your code
  • Tutorial: Adding a new Mathics3 Function
  • Case Studies for Adding Builtins
  • Documentation Markup
  • Guidelines for Writing Documentation
  • Contributing & Developing
  • Running Tests
• Mathics3 Core Interpreter Overview
  • Session
  • Scanning
  • Parsing
  • AST, M-Expression, General List: same thing
  • Evaluation of an Expression
  • Pattern Matching in Evaluation
  • Forms, Boxes, and Formats
  • Python Modules
  • Object Classes
  • Glossary