Typesetting figures for computer science

Presentation of concepts from computer science can benefit from informative diagrams and figures. These include trees, graphs, logic circuits, stacks and stack frames, algorithms expressed with pseudocode, code listings and memory layout, for example. Producing these types of diagrams can sometimes be challenging. Fortunately, there are a number of LATEX packages that can be used for this purpose. In this paper, we will illustrate the use of a few packages — including tikz, bytefield, forest, drawstack, and listings — that are well-suited for constructing high-quality figures for computer science.