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+\documentclass[paper=a4,parskip=half,11pt,english,oneside,open=any,draft=false]{scrreprt}
+\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
+\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
+\usepackage{lmodern}
+\usepackage{babel}
+\usepackage{csquotes}
+\usepackage{listings}
+\usepackage{xcolor}
+\usepackage{textcomp}
+\usepackage{applekeys}
+\usepackage{hyperref}
+
+\hypersetup{pdfinfo={Title={Hands-On DLang}, Author={Johannes Loher}}}
+
+\lstdefinestyle{D}{
+  language=C,
+  emptylines=1,
+  breaklines=true,
+  basicstyle=\footnotesize\ttfamily,
+  keywordstyle=\bfseries\color{green!50!black},
+  commentstyle=\itshape\color{white!50!black},
+  numbers=left,
+  frame=single,
+  showstringspaces=false
+}
+
+\lstdefinestyle{bash}{
+  language=bash,
+  emptylines=1,
+  breaklines=true,
+  basicstyle=\footnotesize\ttfamily,
+  numbers=left,
+  frame=single,
+  showstringspaces=false
+}
+
+\setkomafont{descriptionlabel}{\normalfont}
+
+\begin{document}
+\title{Hands-On DLang}
+\author{Johannes Loher}
+\date{\today}
+
+\maketitle
+\tableofcontents
+
+\chapter{Setup}
+
+\section{Installing DMD and DUB}
+
+\subsection{OS X}
+
+\subsubsection{Installing with Homebrew (recommended)}
+
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=bash]
+brew install dmd
+brew install dub
+\end{lstlisting} 
+
+\subsubsection{Installing locally using the install script}
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=bash]
+curl -fsS https://dlang.org/install.sh | bash -s dmd
+echo "~/.dlang/dmd-2.079.0/activate" >> ~/.profile # Add dmd and dub to PATH on starting a bash shell
+\end{lstlisting} 
+
+\subsubsection{Installing using the installer}
+\begin{enumerate}
+    \item Download \url{http://downloads.dlang.org/releases/2.x/2.079.0/dmd.2.079.0.dmg}.
+    \item Open \texttt{dmd.2.079.0.dmg}.
+    \item Run \texttt{DMD2.pkg} (you might need to activate the \enquote{allowinstalling applications from unverified developers} option in your security settings) and install with the default settings.
+\end{enumerate}
+
+\subsection{Windows}
+\begin{enumerate}
+    \item Download \url{http://downloads.dlang.org/releases/2.x/2.079.0/dmd-2.079.0.exe}.
+    \item Run \texttt{dmd-2.079.0.exe} and install with the default settings (this will also install Visual Studio if you do not have it installed yet).
+\end{enumerate}
+
+\section{Recommended editor setup}
+Visual Studio Code is the recommended editor, because it has the best D integration at the moment.
+If you want to use another editor or IDE, that is perfectly fine.
+However, instructions will only be provided for Visual Studio Code.
+
+\subsection{Installation of Visual Studio Code}
+Download and install Visual Studio Code from here: \url{https://code.visualstudio.com/}. OS X users can also install it using Homebrew:
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=bash]
+brew tap caskroom/cask
+brew cask install visual-studio-code
+\end{lstlisting} 
+
+\subsection{Extension setup}
+\begin{enumerate}
+    \item Open the Extension view in the sidebar:
+    
+    \begin{tabular}{ll}
+        OS X: & \cmdkey{} + \shiftkey{} + X\\
+        Windows: & \ctlkey{} + \shiftkey{} + X
+    \end{tabular}
+    \item Install the extension \enquote{D Programming Language (code-d)} (requires that git is installed).
+    \item Restart Visual Studio Code.
+\end{enumerate}
+ 
+\chapter{Basics}
+
+\section{Hello World}
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=D]
+import std.stdio;
+
+void main() {
+    writeln("Hello World");
+}
+\end{lstlisting} 
+
+\section{Imports and modules}
+D has the concept of \emph{modules} and \emph{packages}.
+By importing a certain module with the \texttt{import} statement,all public symbols from module become available.
+
+The standard library, called Phobos, is located in the \texttt{package}.
+E.g. in order to import the \texttt{file} module from Phobos, you would write:
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=D]
+import std.file;
+\end{lstlisting} 
+\subsection{Selective imports}
+It is possible (and often good style) to import symbols selectively from a module:
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=D]
+import std.stdio: writeln, writefln;
+\end{lstlisting} 
+\subsection{Scoped imports}
+It is not necessary to place imports at the beginning of a file.
+They can be located anywhere in the code.
+If they appear inside a certain scope (delimited by braces), the imported symbols are only available inside that scope.
+Here is an alternative version of the hello world program:
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=D]
+void main()
+{
+    import std.stdio: writeln;
+    writeln("Hello World");
+}
+/* writeln is not available outside of the main function */
+\end{lstlisting}
+\subsection{Imports match files and directories}
+The module system is entirely based on files.
+E.g. \texttt{my.thing} refers to a file \texttt{thing.d} in the folder \texttt{my/}.
+
+\section{Basic Types}
+D has the following basic types:
+
+\begin{tabular}{ll}
+    \texttt{bool} & 8-bit\\
+    \texttt{byte}, \texttt{ubyte}, \texttt{char} & 8-bit\\
+    \texttt{short}, \texttt{ushort}, \texttt{wchar} & 16-bit\\
+    \texttt{int}, \texttt{uint}, \texttt{dchar}, \texttt{float} & 32-bit\\
+    \texttt{long}, \texttt{ulong}, \texttt{double} & 64-bit\\
+    \texttt{real} & $\ge$ 64-bit (generally 64-bit, but 80-bit on Intel x86 32-bit)
+\end{tabular}
+
+\texttt{char} represents UTF-8 characters, \texttt{wchar} represents UTF-16 characters, and \texttt{dchar} represents UTF-32 characters.
+
+\subsection{Type conversion}
+For integer types, automatic type conversion is only allowed if no precision is lost (e.g. \texttt{int} to \texttt{long}).
+All conversion between floating point types are allowed (e.g. \texttt{double} to \texttt{float}).
+
+Manual type conversion is achieved with the \texttt{cast} expression:
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=D]
+long a = 1;
+int b = cast(int) a;
+\end{lstlisting}
+
+\subsection{Type properties}
+All types have a property \texttt{.init} to which variables of that type are initialized, if they are not initialized explicitly.
+For integer types, this is \texttt{0} and for floating point types it is \texttt{nan}.
+
+Every type also has a \texttt{.stringof} property which yields its name as a string.
+
+Integer types have some more properties:
+
+\begin{tabular}{ll}
+    \texttt{.max} & The maximum value the type can hold\\
+    \texttt{.min} & The minimum value the type can hold
+\end{tabular}
+
+And so do floating point types:
+
+\begin{tabular}{ll}
+    \texttt{.max} & The maximum value the type can hold\\
+    \texttt{.min\_normal} & The smallest representable normalized value that is not \texttt{0}\\
+    \texttt{.nan} & NaN value\\
+    \texttt{.infinity} & Infinity value\\
+    \texttt{.dig} & number of decimal digits of precisions\\
+    \texttt{.mant\_dig} & number of bits in mantissa\\
+    \dots
+\end{tabular}
+
+\subsection{Indexing}
+For indexing, usually the alias type \texttt{size\_t} is used, which is large enough to represent an offset into all addressable memory.
+
+\section{Variable declarations}
+
+Variables are declared by writing the type followed by the variable name:
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=D]
+int myVar;
+\end{lstlisting}
+They can also be explicitly initialized:
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=D]
+int myVar = 42;
+\end{lstlisting}
+It is also possible to declare several variables at once:
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=D]
+int myVar, someOtherVar;
+\end{lstlisting}
+D has automatic type deduction, so when explicitly initializing a variable, it is not necessary to mention the type.
+Instead we can use the \texttt{auto} keyword:
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=D]
+auto myVar = 42;
+\end{lstlisting}
+Here is a combination of the above notations:
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=D]
+auto myInt = 42, myFloat = 4.2f;
+\end{lstlisting}
+
+\section{Functions}
+The basic syntax for functions is very similar to C:
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=D]
+int add(int lhs, int rhs) {
+    return lhs + rhs;
+}
+\end{lstlisting}
+
+\subsection{Return type deduction}
+A functions return type can be defined to be \texttt{auto}.
+In this case, the return type will be infered.
+Multiple return statements are possible, but must return compatible types.
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=D]
+auto add(int lhs, int rhs) { // returns `int`
+    return lhs + rhs;
+}
+
+auto lessOrEqual(int lhs, int rhs) { // returns `double`
+    if (lhs <= rhs)
+        return 0;
+    else
+        return 1.0;
+}
+\end{lstlisting}
+
+\subsection{Default arguments}
+Those also work the same as in C and other languages:
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=D]
+void plot(string msg, string color = "red") {
+    /* ... */
+}
+plot("D rocks");
+plot("D rocks", "blue");
+\end{lstlisting}
+
+\subsection{Local functions}
+It is possible to define functions locally (even inside other functions).
+Those functions are not visible outside their parents scope.
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=D]
+void fun() {
+    int local = 10;
+    int fun_secret() {
+        local++; // that's legal
+    }
+    /* ... */
+}
+static assert(!__traits(compiles, fun_secret())); // fun_secret is not visible here
+\end{lstlisting}
+
+\section{Control flow}
+
+\subsection{if\ldots{}else}
+Very similar to how it is defined in other languages:
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=D]
+if (a == 5) {
+    writeln("Condition is met");
+} else if (a > 10) {
+    writeln("Another condition is met");
+} else {
+    writeln("Nothing is met!");
+}
+\end{lstlisting}
+
+\subsection{switch\ldots{}case}
+Also very similar to how it is defined in other languages, but for it works for integer types, bools and strings (which will be covered later).
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=D]
+string myString;
+/* ... */
+switch(myString) {
+    case "foo":
+        writeln("Cool, myString was \"foo\"");
+        break;
+    default:
+        writeln("Meh, myString was something boring");
+        break;
+}
+\end{lstlisting}
+For integer types, it is also possible to define ranges:
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=D]
+int c = 5;
+switch(c) {
+    case 0: .. case 9:
+        writeln(c, " is within 0-9");
+        break; // necessary!
+    case 10:
+        writeln("A Ten!");
+        break;
+    default: // if nothing else matches
+        writeln("Nothing");
+        break;
+}
+\end{lstlisting}
+\subsection{Loops}
+\texttt{while}-, \texttt{do\ldots{}while}- and classical \texttt{for}-loops all work the same as in C++/Java etc.
+\subsubsection{Breaking out of outer loops}
+As usual, you can break out of a loop immediately by using the \texttt{break} keyword. Additionally, you can also break out of outer loops by using labels:
+\begin{lstlisting}[style=D]
+outer: for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
+    for (int j = 0; j < 5; ++j) {
+        /*...*/
+        break outer; // breaks out of the outer loop
+    }
+}
+\end{lstlisting}
+\end{document}