Gitbook is a command-line tool (node. JS Library) that we can borrow to make beautiful books using Github/git and markdown, but it's not a tutorial on git.

Gitbook is a command-line tool (node. JS Library) that we can borrow to make beautiful books using Github/git and markdown, but it's not a tutorial on git.

Supports multiple formats for output

Gitbook supports the output of multiple document formats, such as:

• Static site: Gitbook The default output of this format, the resulting static site can be directly hosted on the GitHub pages service;
• PDF: Need to install gitbook-pdf dependency;
• EBook: Need to install ebook-convert;
• Single HTML page: supports the output of the content as a single page of HTML, but generally used in the conversion of e-book format to PDF or ebook intermediate process;
• JSON: Typically used for e-book debugging or metadata extraction.

Simple structure

Two files required to make an ebook using Gitbook: readme.mdAnd summary.md。 README.MD is an introduction to e-book, summary.md is used to define the structure of ebook chapters, such as:

Gitbook also supports interactive content embedded in JavaScript, which will support languages such as Python and Ruby in future versions.

Example

• Learn JavaScript
• How to make an Operating System

Gitbook Project official website : Http://www.gitbook.io

gitbook GitHub Address: Https://github.com/GitbookIO/gitbook

Gitbook is a command-line tool (node. JS Library) that we can borrow to make beautiful books using Github/git and markdown, but it's not a tutorial on git.