1 Primer

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Why Use CDF?
• 1.3 Conceptual Organization
• 1.4 Features of the CDF Library
  • 1.4.1 File Format Options
  • 1.4.2 Data Encoding Options
  • 1.4.3 Variable Data Access Options
• 1.5 Organizing Your Data in a CDF
  • 1.5.1 Variables
    • rVariables
    • zVariables
• 1.6 Attributes
• 1.7 CDF Toolkit
• 1.8 Library Interface Routines
  • 1.8.1 Standard Interface
  • 1.8.2 Internal Interface
• 1.9 Examples
  • 1.9.1 Creating a CDF, the Hard Way (But Not That Hard)
  • 1.9.2 Creating a CDF, an Easier Way