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Author: jchanvfx

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@@ -44,63 +44,12 @@ applications.
 <img src="/docs/_images/nodes_palette.png" width="350" title="Nodes Paletten">
 <img src="/docs/_images/nodes_tree.png" width="250" title="Nodes Tree">
 
-#### Example
-
-```python
-import sys
-
-from NodeGraphQt import QtWidgets
-from NodeGraphQt import NodeGraph, BaseNode, BackdropNode, setup_context_menu
-
-# create a example node object with a input/output port.
-class MyNode(BaseNode):
-    """example test node."""
-
-    # unique node identifier domain. ("com.chantasticvfx.MyNode")
-    __identifier__ = 'com.chantasticvfx'
-
-    # initial default node name.
-    NODE_NAME = 'My Node'
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        super(MyNode, self).__init__()
-        self.add_input('foo', color=(180, 80, 0))
-        self.add_output('bar')
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
-
-    # create the node graph controller.
-    graph = NodeGraph()
-    
-    # set up default menu and commands.
-    setup_context_menu(graph)
-   
-    # register backdrop node. (included in the NodeGraphQt module)
-    graph.register_node(BackdropNode)
-   
-    # register example node into the node graph.
-    graph.register_node(MyNode)
-   
-    # create nodes.
-    node_a = graph.create_node('com.chantasticvfx.MyNode', name='Node A')
-    node_b = graph.create_node('com.chantasticvfx.MyNode', name='Node B', color='#5b162f')
-    backdrop = graph.create_node('nodeGraphQt.nodes.Backdrop', name='Backdrop')
-    
-    # wrap "backdrop" node around "node_a" and "node_b"
-    backdrop.wrap_nodes([node_a, node_b])
-
-    # connect "node_a" input to "node_b" output.
-    node_a.set_input(0, node_b.output(0)) 
-
-    # auto layout nodes.
-    graph.auto_layout_nodes()
-
-    # show the node graph widget.
-    graph_widget = graph.widget
-    graph_widget.show()
-
-    app.exec_()
-```
+#### Examples
+
+See the [basic_example.py](/basic_example.py) python script in this repo.
+
+More examples can be found in the API documentation here:
+
+https://jchanvfx.github.io/NodeGraphQt/api/html/examples/ex_overview.html#simple-example
+