LTplotter

LTplotter is a web app for generating publication-quality plots and graphs mathematical expressions and numerical data using PGF/TikZ and LaTeX as the backend. LTplotter allows you to create high-quality visualizations without the tedious interaction with LaTeX.

Getting Started

LTplotter is written in Go for the backend and Vue 3 with Vuetify 3 for the frontend. To quickly get started with LTplotter, you can use Docker for containerized deployment.

Quick Start with Docker

To run LTplotter using Docker:

docker-compose up

Local Development Setup

Prerequisites

• Go : Required for building and running the backend services.
• node and npm: for running the frontend
• Docker: For containerized deployment.
• Make: For managing build tasks.
• Tectonic or pdflatex: Required for generating LaTeX documents. Tectonic is recommended for local development.

Installation

• Generate Certificates: Generate necessary certificates by running:

  chmod +x generate_certs.sh
  ./generate_certs.sh

• Start Backend Services: Navigate to the go-services directory and use Make to start the gateway and plotting service

  cd go-services
  make run-gateway
  make run-plotexpr

• Start Frontend

  cd frontend
  npm install
  npm run dev