Tutorials Details

We're planning the following tutorials. These will initially be blog posts, and a page on the Cesium website will serve as the table of contents.

Beginner Tutorials (in psuedo table-of-contents order, but we can write them in any order)

• The Simplest Cesium App
• Imagery Layers
• Terrain
• Camera
• Billboards and Labels
• Polygons and Polylines
• Picking
• Authoring CZML (not Cesium specific)
• Using CZML in Cesium
• Importing Vector Data
• Importing Models
• Widgets
• Using Cesium with Dojo
• Using Cesium with jQuery
• Using Cesium with OWF
• Columbus view and 2D
• Volumes
• Sensors
• Materials
• Deployment

Advanced Tutorials

• Implementing an ImageryProvider
• Implementing a TerrainProvider
• Writing custom rendering code

Other Tutorials

• Tutorials for building specific example apps
• Performance best practices
• Using Cesium for specific domains, e.g., handy features for space apps, geospatial apps, etc.

The architecture overview and reference documentation should link to the tutorials.

Writing Tips

• Be representative, not exhaustive. Give readers specific examples, guiding principles, and a sense of what is possible. Don't feel the need to mention every function and property; that's what the reference documentation is for.
• Be concise, direct, and friendly.
• General Outline
  • Brief introduction
  • Short code walkthrough with screenshots that builds on the Cesium Viewer Widget Sandcastle example.
  • Selected details
  • Resources - related Sandcastle examples, reference documentation, the forum, etc.
• Tutorials are more informal and less comprehensive than in-depth guides.