Resources¶

Integrating LaTeX and Sage¶

• On Macs
  • Embedding Sage in LATEX with SageTEX for TEXShop Users
  • How to enable --shell-escape when using pdflatexmk?

Python Tips and Tricks¶

• Cheat Sheet for Exploratory Data Analysis in Python - great list of functions/methods and example code for dealing with data (think tables, plotting, etc)

Included Packages¶

• Minted (code formatting in Linux)
  • Code Highlighting with minted
• Pint (units for Python)
  • Pint Docs
  • General Installation
  • Installing Modules in Sage

Packages to Research¶

• Tikz - Programatic graphics
• AstroPy - Python library for astronomical and astrodynamics calculations

IPython¶

Alternate core engine to Sage. Pros: runs on all three platforms, natively renders PDFs the way we like, has a powerful and user friendly GUI for editing. Cons: GUI is a web notebook which requires users to have a local server running, may be missing some features we like from Sage (TBD).

• IPython homepage
• IPython Wiki page
• Examples of using IPython
  • Web article about optimizing Python code that introduced us to IPython
  • A short demo on how to use IPython Notebook as a research notebook (actual example research notebook)

Creating/Customizing LaTeX Document Classes¶

• Creating your own LaTeX document class
• Rolling Your Own Document Class
• LaTeX 2 for Class and Package Writers
• Minutes in Less Than Hours: Using LaTeX Resources
• Example Custom Classes
  • Coursepaper
  • US Corp of Engineers Report
  • Lab Notebook
  • No Starch Press Class
  • Technical Reference Manuals

Other Interesting Links¶

• ShareLaTeX - Kind of a Google Docs for LaTeX; open source so one could see implementing the MTK features in it and having MTK Online
  • ShareLaTeX can be run in Sandstorm