How to create a book
  • Introduction
  • Initial skeleton
    • Barebones template
  • Adding chapters and sections
    • Structure plan
    • Step 1 - create KendoUI SDK chapter
    • Step 2 - add the first article to KendoUI SDK chapter
    • Safe practice
  • Keeping book source in GitHub
  • GitBook plugins of interest
    • Using ACE editor
    • Using algolia
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  1. Initial skeleton

Barebones template

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Start with and click on New Book button:

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Fill the barebones template form:

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Click on Create Book results with:

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At this point you can start writing the book. Click on Edit your book results with the following screen

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As the book starts with a predefined content (which does not fit your needs) delete the First Chapter entry on the Table of Contents list (upper left side of the window) - we will create our own chapters next.

Observe that the chapter1.md entry in the FilesTree (lower left side of the window) will also vanish

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Now, select the Introduction entry in the Table of Contents (which is the view of the README.md file in Files Tree and change its content as shown below:

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At this point we are ready to create the complete "wire-frame" of the book, meaning only the book structure (chapters and pages in the chapter) will be made, without filling on the pages content.

This is explained in the next chapter

Adding chapters and sections
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