\doabstract{Class writing for wizard apprentices} 
{Boris Veytsman}
{There are a number of excellent articles explaining 
\LaTeX{} classes writing for
beginners~\cite{tb88flynn,tb84heff,tb93mansfield,tb92pakin}.  Of
course, true wizards do not need any instructions.  This talk is
intended for those \TeX nicians, who are no longer beginners, but do
not (yet) qualify to be wizards.  It discusses some tips and tricks of
the trade: packages you may want to use and packages you must be
compatible with; why the first two pages of a book take 60\% of your
time; what is wrong with \LaTeX{} sectioning interface and why you
better stick with it, etc.  It is based on the experience of the
author in writing \LaTeX{} classes for various
customers~\cite{TeXnicianForHire08}. 

\def\bblfilebasename{veytsman-classes}
\@readbblfile
}
\endinput

\begin{thebibliography}{}

\bibitem[\protect\citeauthoryear{Flynn}{Flynn}{2007}]{tb88flynn}
Flynn, Peter.
\newblock ``Rolling Your Own {D}ocument {C}lass: Using {\LaTeX} to Keep Away
  From the {D}ark {S}ide''\kern -.15em.
\newblock {\em TUGBoat} {\bf 28}(1), 110--123, 2007\UseExtraLabel{}.
\newblock \url{http://tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb28-1/tb88flynn.pdf}.

\bibitem[\protect\citeauthoryear{Hefferon}{Hefferon}{2005}]{tb84heff}
Hefferon, Jim.
\newblock ``Minutes in Less Than Hours: Using {\LaTeX} Resources''\kern -.15em.
\newblock {\em TUGboat} {\bf 26}(3), 188--192, 2005\UseExtraLabel{}.
\newblock \url{http://tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb26-3/tb84heff.pdf}.

\bibitem[\protect\citeauthoryear{Mansfield}{Mansfield}{2008}]{tb93mansfield}
Mansfield, Niall.
\newblock ``How to Develop Your Own Document Class---Our Experience''\kern
  -.15em.
\newblock {\em TUGBoat} {\bf 29}(3), 356--361, 2008\UseExtraLabel{}.
\newblock \url{https://tug.org/members/TUGboat/tb29-3/tb93mansfield.pdf}.

\bibitem[\protect\citeauthoryear{Pakin}{Pakin}{2008}]{tb92pakin}
Pakin, Scott.
\newblock ``Good Things Come in Little Packages: An Introduction to Writing
  .ins and .dtx Files''\kern -.15em.
\newblock {\em TUGboat} {\bf 29}(2), 305--314, 2008\UseExtraLabel{}.
\newblock \url{https://www.tug.org/members/TUGboat/tb29-2/tb92pakin.pdf}.

\bibitem[\protect\citeauthoryear{Veytsman}{Veytsman}{2008}]{TeXnicianForHire08}
Veytsman, Boris.
\newblock ``Observations of a {\TeX nician} for Hire''\kern -.15em.
\newblock {\em TUGboat} {\bf 29}(3), 484, 2008\UseExtraLabel{}.
\newblock \url{http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb29-3/tb93abstracts.pdf}.

\end{thebibliography}
}