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If you're just starting out, see the Problem Authoring Background Information and sample problems first.
If you're working on a problem and want to find out how to do one particular construct look at the index of problem techniques section.
If you're working on a problem in a specific area you may find the more advanced templates useful.
To ease the custom formatting of the look and feel of the question see Template4
More information on using MathObjects in authoring problems.
Use the online calculators to try out code fragments -- including code fragments containing MathObjects. This is a quick way to learn the fine points of the MathObject syntax.

MathObjects, an object system for manipulating mathematics in WeBWorK questions.
- PGLabs, On-line labs for rendering of PG code. These labs allow you to interactively experiment with PG syntax online.
- PGML -- Davide Cervone's newest addition to the PG authoring language makes it easier to describe the layout of a question. The new commands and an interactive environment for experimenting with them are available on the PGLabs page.
Applets, how to embed Flash and Java applets into WeBWorK questions.
Basic Perl syntax — PG is based on Perl, so it is important to know some basic Perl syntax.
- [How BEGIN_TEXT...END_TEXT blocks work]]
Problem Authoring Best Practices for problem authoring.
- What to do if you find a bug in a problem
- Tagging Problems with metadata for indexing and searching.
Specialized HOWTOS
- SequentialProblems revealing the problem one step at a time
- Converting CAPA problems for use with WeBWorK

Index of Problem Techniques ** very useful code fragments
macro/library documentation from SVN -- original documentation embedded in the code
Notes on training authors, and suggestions for further documentation-- Sam Hathaway
The Good Questions project at Cornell University [1]

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 * If you're just starting out, see the '''[[Problem Authoring Background Information]]''' and '''[[:Category:Sample Problems|sample problems]]''' first.
+* If you're working on a problem and want to find out how to do one particular construct look at the '''[[:Category:Problem_Techniques|index of problem techniques]]''' section.
 * If you're working on a problem in a specific area you may find the more advanced templates useful.
-* If you're working on a problem and want to find out how to do one particular look at the '''[[:Category:Problem_Techniques|index of problem techniques]]''' section.
+* To ease the custom formatting of the look and feel of the question see [[Template4]]
 * More information on using '''[[:Category:MathObjects|MathObjects]]''' in authoring problems.
-* Use the '''[http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/PGLabs online calculators]''' to try things out.
+* Use the '''[http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/PGLabs online calculators]''' to try  out code fragments -- including code fragments containing MathObjects. This is a quick way to learn the fine points of the MathObject syntax.
 == Basic info and Sample Problems ==