LATEX Overview
Today you will learn:
- Why LaTeX is the standard for academic writing in Computer Science
- How to professionally typeset relational algebra and calculus queries using LaTeX
WYSIWYG vs LaTeX
- WYSIWYG: What you see is what you get
- Pros: Intuitive
- LaTeX: Markup language for typesetting documents
- Pros: Math formulae, styles, citations, version-control
LaTeX Hello World
\documentclass{article}
\title{Hello World}
\author{Peter Story}
\date{\today}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\section{Introduction}
$$ E = mc^2 $$
\end{document}Rendering LaTeX
- Overleaf
- TeX Distributions
- MathJax
- Equation editors in Word, Pages, etc.
Demo
Explain the written assignment's source code
LaTeX Tips
- Write complex formulae by hand before writing LaTeX
- Use Detexify to identify symbol names
- Syntax errors are easier to find if you commit often
- Binary search to debug tricky issues
LATEX Overview