Power Tools for Writers

Coding and writing are alike in many ways. They’re both forged by carefully weaving structure and creativity. Both go through many revisions on the journey towards quality.

As developers, you use tools to code like a demigod. Writers deserve awesome tools too. We’ll tap into the Asciidoctor ecosystem and show you many of the awesome tools that are available to you.

• Effective collaboration using git and GitHub

• Instant Preview using browser extensions

• Powerful Editing using the Atom extension

• Easy blogging with HubPress.io

• Simple slide creation using the reveal.js converter

• Seamless build integration using the Gradle plugin

• Painless diagrams & charts using Asciidoctor Diagram

• Slick API documentation using Asciidoclet and/or Swagger

• Supercharged content management (e.g, Confluence) using Asciidoctor Publisher

Using these tools, you can write like a demigod too.

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This deck is a Bespoke.js presentation. To run it, first ensure you have the following installed:

1. Node.js

2. Bower:

   $ npm install -g bower

3. Gulp:

   $ npm install -g gulp

Then, install dependencies and run the preview server:

$ npm install && bower install
$ gulp serve

Finally, visit http://localhost:8080 in your browser.