TexPad

TexPad is a website which offer temporary LaTeX pads for shading work.

Link to the actual site

How is it done?

The website is written in JavaScript (ES6) and runs on Meteor. This means that both the front and the backend are written in JS.

It uses MathJax to render the mathematics on the page.

How to contribute?

First, you need to install Meteor and install Git. Next clone this repository and run meteor inside of the folder you just grabbed:

git clone https://github.com/Focus/texpad.git
cd texpad
meteor

Once meteor has loaded you can view your local website at by visiting http://localhost:3000 on a browser.

You can access your local database by typing

meteor mongo

into terminal.

Here are some useful references:

• Meteor API
• MongoDB manual
• MathJax API
• Meteor tutorials
• Your first Meteor application