Python 101: for biologists, by biologists

Backend for course given in 2012 at the University of Lisbon.

• Slides example (day 2 of the course) - Code examples are interactive, try to modify and shift-enter.
• Poster - made in Inkscape

Purpose

Get markdown files from Dropbox and/or Github and render them to HTML5 presentations with interactive Python code examples.

Course repo

Technologies

• Node.js
• Dust.js
• Deck.js
• Markdown
• CodeMirror2
• Skulpt

How to print slides

Hacked way

1. Disable Deck.js scale In: views/tmpl/base.dust Replace: $(function() {$.deck('.slide'); With: $(function() {$.deck('.slide'); $.deck('disableScale');});
2. Disable all font color black (for syntax higlight) and :after :before none (optional) In: public/pkg/deck.js/deck.core.css Comment: @media print { * {}}
3. Fix CodeMirror2 box size In: public/css/style.css AddTo: .deck-container .CodeMirror {} Line: font-size: 18pt !important;

Correct way (TODO)

1. Implement everything in a print button
2. Avoid using CSS transform, footer after, print only classes, etc in favor of something like @page { @top-left {content: element(footer)}}
3. Disable Deck.js scale and resize CodeMirror2 font before print with button

Copyright

© 2012 Bruno Vieira