XCS224N Revisions

Repository contents for the previous cohort is in the following branches.

Rev_XCS224N_Sept2019-Mar2021 branch: cohort from Sept. 2019 to March 2021

XCS Student Code Repository

This repository contains all code for your assignment! The build tools in this repo can be used to compile a LaTeX submission.

What should I submit?

Take a look at the problem set PDF:

If it contains any questions requiring written responses, a written (or typeset) PDF document submission is required (typeset instructions below).
If contains any questions requiring coding responses, assignment5_submission.zip must be uploaded and submitted to the autograder. instructions below). See the A5.pdf file for how to prepare the file.
Many of our problem sets will require both written (or typeset) AND coding submissions. Good luck!

How to create a typeset submission using LaTeX

You are welcome to typeset your submission in any legible format (including handwritten). For those who are trying LaTeX for the first time, consider using the following build process (we've tried to streamline it as much as possible for you!). All instructions that follow are for our build process, which will require a working installation of TeX Live (This website has installation instructions for Windows, Linux, and Mac). Most linux distributions come pre-loaded with this. Mac users can download and install it from mactex

All LaTeX files are in the tex/ subdirectory. Your question responses will be typed into the file tex/submission.tex. We recommend attempting to compile the document before typing anything in tex/submission.tex.

Run make form the root directory. Complete make documentation is provided within the Makefile. To get started, clone the repository and try out a simple make command:

$ make clean -s

If the command runs correctly, it will remove the assignment PDF from your root directory. Don't worry though! Try recreating it again using the following command:

$ make without_solutions -s

After some file shuffling and a few passes of the LaTeX compiler, you should see a fresh new assignment handout in the root directory. Now try the following command:

$ make with_solutions -s

You should now see a \*_Solutions.pdf file in your root directory. This contains the content from the original handout as well as your solutions (those typed into tex/submission.tex)! If you haven't edited tex/submission.tex yet, it will probably look a lot like the without_solutions version.

To see what it looks like with some solution code, open up tex/submission.tex and enter the following code between the tags ### START CODE HERE ### and ### END CODE HERE ###:

\begin{answer}
  % ### START CODE HERE ###
  \LaTeX
  % ### END CODE HERE ###
\end{answer}

Now run the following command:

$ make -s

This command re-runs the default make target, which is, conveniently, make with_solutions. Opening the file \*_Solutions.pdf, you should see something like the following:

$\LaTeX$

How to create a typeset submission using LaTeX on Overleaf

Overleaf is an online WYSIWYG editor. While we recommend becoming familiar with compiling LaTeX locally, you may instead prefer the ease of Overleaf. Follow these steps to get set up with Overleaf (after creating an account for yourself):