This repository contains the source code for the INFO 201: Technical Foundations in Informatics course book. The published book can be viewed at https://info201.github.io/.
Note that all edited source files (including images and other assets) should be edited within the root folder; files in the build directory may be overwritten.
You should be able to install all required R dependencies using packrat: simply restart R (e.g., through an interactive session in the terminal) in order to automatically install the required libraries.
packrat::restore() function. You may need to do this through RStudio.Additionally, you may need to install the following libraries separately:
Pandoc (for compiling the R-Markdown). But you may just need to specify the path.
LaTeX for building to pdf (MiKTeX for Windows, MacTex on Mac).
You can use the included Makefile to build the book:
make book to build the HTML version of the book (the output is saved in the saved in the repository's root folder).
make pdf to build the PDF version of the book.
make epub to build the epub version of the book.
make all to build all versions of the book.
make serve to serve a local copy of the book for development (with auto-refreshing browser).
make deploy to publish the built book to https://info201.github.io.