Discussed in detail in my blog post: Craft a Stylish and Practical Developer Book with this LaTeX Template
You'll need to have the following libraries and packages installed:
- latex (
brew install --cask mactex) - ghostscript (
brew install ghostscript) - the Fira Code font (
brew install --cask font-fira-code)
Raise an issue or make a pull request if I've forgotten anything!
Currently, emojis should work without any extra LaTeX configuration. You'll find in the book.tex file a fallback for emojis. By default, it is AppleColorEmoji, but if you are on Windows or Linux, you will need to use a different emoji font like SegoeUIEmoji or NotoColorEmoji.
This script will build the book and merge it with the cover. It will output a file called book.pdf in the root of the project.
/bin/bash scripts/build-book.shThis will build the cover and the book and merge them together into a single PDF.
The cover/ folder contains the .tex file where the cover page is built. Because I don't want to fight LaTeX, the cover is a completely separate latex file to the rest of the book. This can also be useful for physical prints, where the cover often has to be uploaded separately - at vendors like amazon, for example.
The book/ folder contains the .tex file where you'll actually do the writing. It has many examples of everything you'd need to write a developer book.
This is a caveat of LaTeX, it needs to build the document twice. Simply run /bin/bash scripts/build-book.sh again and the listings and so on should be properly listed.