recommendedPackages.sty

\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
\ProvidesPackage{recommendedPackages}[2018 v1.0 John Berlin recommended packages]

\RequirePackage[T1]{fontenc}  % better default font type usage
\RequirePackage[utf8]{inputenc}  % better input type handling
\RequirePackage[protrusion=false]{microtype} % better typography
\RequirePackage[
rm={lining=true,proportional=true},
sf={lining=true,proportional=true},
tt={lining=true,variable=false,proportional=true},
qt=false
]{cfr-lm} % better font type than Computer Modern 
\RequirePackage{mathtools} % math symbol setup
\RequirePackage{amssymb}  % math symbol setup
\RequirePackage{enumitem}  % better list item control
\RequirePackage{xcolor}  % colors 
\RequirePackage{float}  % better floating environments and the H "PUT IT HERE" option
\RequirePackage[cache=true]{minted}  % better way to include code, comes with syntax highlighting by default. BUT REQUIRES pygments to be installed
\RequirePackage[style=american]{csquotes}  % provides \enquote command so you do not have to worry about quotes in latex
\RequirePackage{caption} % better way to caption
\RequirePackage{subcaption} % better way to \subfigure and \captionof
\RequirePackage{array} % control thy table column types
\RequirePackage{booktabs} % make nicer looking tables
\RequirePackage{tabularx} % new table environment that allows you to specify column width not inner column spacing
\RequirePackage{multirow} % multirow table columns
\RequirePackage{makecell} % customized table columns
\RequirePackage[hang,marginal]{footmisc} % better footnote handling 
\RequirePackage{afterpage} % to execute a macro after each page
\PassOptionsToPackage{hyphens,lowtilde}{url}
\RequirePackage[hidelinks,breaklinks=true,pdfusetitle,% 
colorlinks=false,hyperfootnotes=true,pdfencoding=auto,pdfprintscaling=None]{hyperref} % better url and referencing 
\RequirePackage[backend=biber,hyperref=auto,bibencoding=utf8]{biblatex} % much better biliography handling
\RequirePackage[nameinlink]{cleveref} % sometimes \autoref does not cut it
\RequirePackage{rotating} % sometimes you need to rotate a figure
\RequirePackage{algorithm} % for the algorithm environment
\RequirePackage[noend]{algpseudocode} % for better algorithm typesetting


% Ensure all figures are displayed on the correct page and we do not get any drifting figs
\afterpage{\clearpage}