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Discussion on: Open-Source Introduction to Bash Scripting Ebook/Guide

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Matt Curcio • Edited

Bravo! You have done what I have been wanting to do. Alas, I am too much of a perfectionist... ;))

Question:

I saw you 'compiled' your book with Ibis. How did you like working with it. Would you recommend it? How was the learning curve?

I have experimented with Gitbook and Bookdown (Since I use R a lot!) but the learning curve (or non-intuitive approach) puts me off.

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Bobby Iliev

Hi there Matt 👋

Thanks for the feedback! Writing an eBook has been on my list for a very long time, probably if it was not for Ibis I would have not done it.

Ibis is great if you are used to Markdown in general. I would say that it is very straightforward to get started with it and it is definitely worth it as you can keep your drafts in Git/GitHub.

I will probably record a quick video on how to use Ibis!

Btw, I've built a small website to showcase the eBook and added an interactive Bash training using Katacoda submitted it for the DigitalOcean & DEV hackathon, you can check it out here:

dev.to/bobbyiliev/introduction-to-...