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Scholarly Blogging with Markdown, Jekyll, and GitHub

Researcher's Toolkit, 19 February 2019, Northwestern University

GitHub is a free online platform for sharing source code for computational research, open source software, and collaborative coding projects in a version controlled environment. GitHub users can also use the platform for hosting personal blogs, technical documentation, and project websites. These websites are built using Markdown, a simple plain-text formatting language, and Jekyll, an open source static site generator. This interactive workshop will cover the basics of Markdown, Jekyll, and GitHub in a scholarly or scientific context. Please bring your laptop.

Prerequesites

This tutorial is designed to get you set up with a basic blog and website using Jekyll and GitHub pages for free without the need to download extra software or use a command-line interface. The only requirement is [GitHub](https:

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Overview

R Markdown is an open source R package that adds R programming features to Markdown, a simple, plain-text syntax and file format. R Markdown is the basis for tools like Bookdown and Blogdown, which are static site generators that convert R Markdown files into HTML, PDF, and Word documents for educational, technical, or scholarly uses. We’ll cover the basics of using these packages, install them in an RStudio environment, and discuss free deployment options publishing documents to the web.

Contact for consultations or assistance with any static site publishing projects: chris-diaz@northwestern.edu

Presentation slides

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