# First steps with Weave.jl: looking for learning resources
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/first-steps-with-weave-jl-looking-for-learning-resources/102836
**Category:** General Usage
**Tags:** weave, weavejl, reproducibility
**Created:** [August 15, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/first-steps-with-weave-jl-looking-for-learning-resources/102836 "2023-08-15T16:14:48Z")
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### Author:  [@Hugo](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Hugo)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/first-steps-with-weave-jl-looking-for-learning-resources/102836/1 "2023-08-15T16:14:48Z")
After many attempts, I have [given up using Quarto with Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/still-not-able-to-render-a-quarto-file-qmd-using-julia-in-vscode-help/98701/3). At the moment, it’s simply not the tool for me.
Having said that, I am have decided to give `Weave.jl` a go. In many aspects, it reminds me of `R's Knitr`. But I have noticed some differences. The same `YAML` header from RMarkdown/Knitr won’t work for Weave, for instance.
At this point, I have two questions.
1. Is there a way to cross-reference a figure in Weave? I’ve managed to import a figure, but all the options I could think of to cross-reference it didn’t work.
2. Do you have a preferred resource for “all things Weave” other than Weave.jl’s website? I have seen some great pdfs created with Weave, but the package’s website is quite empty and doesn’t have answer to more questions I have.
3. If you have any general comments on Weave that you think are worth sharing, please go ahead.
Thanks for the help.
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### Author:  [@algunion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/algunion)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/first-steps-with-weave-jl-looking-for-learning-resources/102836/2 "2023-08-16T20:20:28Z")
I hadn’t used literate programming tools in a while - and I cannot go into specifics from my `Weave.jl` experience (because there is none).
However, general advice that I feel safe to give is this: if you can identify someone who is successfully using the tool you want to explore/inspect, take a good look at look at what they are doing.
For `Weave.jl`, you can look at how it was used for [Turing and DiffEq tutorials](https://github.com/JunoLab/Weave.jl/tree/master#example-projects-using-weave).