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# How can I learn advanced LaTeX and become a full LaTeX programmer?

Here's a (possibly opinionated! `:-)` ) list of books/resources that might be helpful:

* Check out the [third part](/latex/more-topics/15-free-online-introduction-to-latex-part-3.md) of our [online $$\mathrm\LaTeX$$ course](/latex/more-topics/13-free-online-introduction-to-latex-part-1.md)
* The [LaTeX wikibook](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX) covers quite a bit of advanced stuff, including lower-level topics like lengths, boxes, macros, creating packages, etc.
* Stefan Kottwitz's [LaTeX Cookbook](http://latex-cookbook.net/) is nicely structured, with a lot of good examples.
* The classic [LaTeX Companion](http://www.amazon.com/LaTeX-Companion-Techniques-Computer-Typesetting/dp/0201362996) is still a classic, in our opinion.
* Nicola Talbot's new book [LaTeX for Administrative Work](http://www.dickimaw-books.com/latex/admin/index.shtml) is a lot of fun—automating many tasks with LaTeX.
* No LaTeX book list is complete without [The TeX Book](http://www.amazon.com/The-TeXbook-Donald-E-Knuth/dp/0201134489) and [TeX by Topic](http://eijkhout.net/texbytopic/texbytopic.html), especially if you're interested in the actual working details of TeX and LaTeX
* Take a look at [this TeX.SX question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/776102/advanced-latex-tutorial-book) for more inspiration!

Also, hanging around on [TeX.SX](http://tex.stackexchange.com/) to browse and answer questions would also help gain quite a bit of experience. You can also follow [Overleaf's twitter feed](https://twitter.com/overleaf) about our Gallery updates for interesting examples.


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