Hackerschool AY 20/21 S 2: LaTeX
Channel: NUS Hackers
Date: 2021-02-27

This week, we'll be introducing the well-known LaTeX document preparation system used widely across fields to prepare high-quality documents, papers, notes, journals, books, slides, cheatsheets, resumes, and so on. Come learn this invaluable tool that will let you create beautiful documents and impress your readers.

Software requirements:

A TeX distribution:
You can install either MiKTeX or TeX Live, depending on your OS. If in doubt:
- On Windows, MiKTeX is easier to install: https://miktex.org/download#win
- On Linux, install TeX Live using your package manager.
- On macOS, install MacTeX, a version of TeX Live for macOS: http://tug.org/mactex/

TeXstudio:
- On Windows and macOS: https://www.texstudio.org/#download
- On Linux, install TeXstudio using your package manager.

If there are any issues, please email us at coreteam [at] nushackers [dot] org.

Speaker profile: 
Julius is a recently graduated Computer Science undergrad and an NUS Hackers coreteam member for the past 3 years. His interests include functional programming and distributed systems. Outside of computer science, he also enjoys Space Exploration, History, and Music Theory (reflected in his favourite games: Kerbal Space Program and Europa Universalis IV)