The problem
Editing LaTeX together, Google-Docs style, needs real-time synchronization, server-side compilation, and access control — plumbing that a single editor UI can’t provide alone.
The approach
\BlueLaTeX provides that server-side toolchain, so multiple authors can write and compile a LaTeX document collaboratively in the browser.
In practice
It supplied the backend needed to make collaborative LaTeX editing practical.
Highlights
- Real-time synchronization between authors
- Server-side compilation and access control
- The backend for collaborative LaTeX