A Free Vector Base Graphic Programming Enviroment

Did I get your attention? :)

THE GOOD NEWS: It's true and the program is extremely robust offering a lot of advance functionality. Here is a link to the manual http://www.laqee.unal.edu.co/tex-archive/graphics/pgf/base/doc/generic/pgf/pgfmanual.pdf (over 700 pages with great examples to work through) and here is a link to some examples people have developed http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/ . The precision here is amazing, everything is exactly as programed.

THE BAD NEWS: Ok so I have to confess I may scare a few people off with these next words. It's LaTeX!!! O :( Don't stop reading! (WHAT'S LATEX? it's a markup language just like HTML... so not that scary right... ooo did i mention it what mathematicians use to write professional papers) LOL... ok scary, I know because I am a mathematician. So if you made it this far you must be extremely courageous, and here is my challenge.

Challenge/Question: Presently, there is a way to implement parts of LaTeX (the math writing part :( boooo) into your HTML using MathJax (here is a link: http://www.mathjax.org/ how this works is an eaasy link of code http://docs.mathjax.org/en/latest/start.html#mathjax-cdn). However, MathJax just simulates the math environment of writing Latex which does not include everything like Tikzpicture (which is the robust vector base drawing environment). Booo, I know right! So the chllenge it to find a way to implement the full power of LaTeX which would include Tikzpicture within/(or in conjunction with) HTML. My thoughts are this would lead to a whole new tool kit for web developers/web designers as Tikzpicture is extremely powerful in producing excellent vector base graphics.

Best, Drew Butcher