Writing a Data Science Book with Quarto (Using Jupyter Notebooks or Pandoc)
19 days ago
- #Publishing
- #Quarto
- #RMarkdown
- Quarto is the successor to RMarkdown, supporting multiple output formats like HTML, PDF, Word, presentations, and books.
- The author converted an old RMarkdown-based course website into a polished e-book using Quarto in under an hour.
- Quarto Books allow easy compilation of multiple .qmd files into a book format with minimal configuration.
- The author's book, based on 2015-2018 course material, is available online in HTML, PDF, and EPUB formats.
- Quarto supports advanced features like WebAssembly-powered interactive code blocks and cross-references.
- Quarto Manuscripts and Quarto Dashboards are new document types introduced in Quarto 1.4, expanding its use cases.
- The transition from RMarkdown to Quarto was seamless, requiring only minor adjustments to the configuration.