deck.rb

curing deck.js of angle bracket addiction

Summary

deck.js is a JavaScript library for building slide presentations using HTML 5. deck.rb builds on top of deck.js, adding some features:

• clean(ish) page skeleton allows you to focus on your slides, not the HTML/CSS infrastructure
• multiple slide source formats, including
  • Erector
  • Markdown
• presentations can comprise several source files

Command-Line API (proposed)

deck run foo.md

• start a local Rack server (probably Sinatra) on port 4333
• http://localhost:4333/ serves the presentation in foo.md
• can also specify multiple source files in a row

deck build foo.md

• create a static site
• default output dir = ./public (even if foo.md is elsewhere)
• copies deck.js source
• also copies "img" directory if it exists

deck deploy ???

• some way to build/rebuild a project that is deployable to heroky

Options

• --output dir
• --config deck.json
• --port portnum
• --theme themename

Credits

• deck.js by Caleb at http://imakewebthings.com
• deck.rb by Alex Chaffee http://alexchaffee.com, with help from
  • Steven! Ragnarök @nuclearsandwich
• showoff by Scott Chacon

TODO

• markdown
• multiple files
• rack app
• config:
  • show theme selector
  • show page number/nav
  • choose deck extensions
• slim
• haml
• specify Redcarpet Markdown extensions
• syntax highlighting (using sh (js) or coderay (rack)?)
• option to render all JS and CSS inline, for a self-contained HTML doc (and maybe images too)