LaTeX for Java Developers

Gain an in-depth understanding of how to accomplish Object-Oriented Programming with LaTeX in Java

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What You Will Learn!

An in-depth understanding of Latex
An in-depth understanding of developing Java API

Description

This course is aimed at LaTex and Java enthusiasts who are interested in systematically creating PDF documents in java by leveraging the power of LaTex. The intention was to cover all the aspects of Java and LaTeX from the very basics to the advanced. Things you will learn:

You will learn some of the deepest concepts of java programming, such as running command line application from within java
You will learn various Java design patterns, especially the builder and fluent builder design pattern
You will learn about some of the widely used software that uses LaTeX such as Texshop, LatexIt, Bibdesk.
You will learn how LaTeX works and how it handles various elements of a PDF document
You will learn how to handle graphics and images in LaTeX.
You will learn all of the options that LaTeX provides for manipulating figures.
You will learn about Bibliography and how to manage them using Java and LaTeX

Although Java was chosen as the programming language for this course, the ideas behind developing the object-oriented API can be easily translated into other programming languages such as C++ and Python.

The material presented in this course and the accompanying powerpoint slides are prepared with utmost quality. The powerpoints are very rich in contents and are freely available as a downloadable PDF file. You can use the slide numbering to follow along with the lectures.