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Using MESA
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MESA is a complex and powerful piece of software. Using it
effectively requires becoming familiar with the basics of running the
code and understanding its output. Doing good science with MESA
requires carefully constructing your input files (and possible code
modifications) and following a set of best practices throughout the
lifecycle of your project.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   using_mesa/running
   using_mesa/output
   using_mesa/using_pgstar
   using_mesa/building_inlists
   using_mesa/extending_mesa
   using_mesa/troubleshooting
   using_mesa/best_practices
   using_mesa/just_a_module