This chapter serves as a tutorial for quickly getting started with PreTeXt in your web browser using free services provided by GitHub 4 . (Advanced users who’d prefer to install our free and open-source software to their own machine may choose to skip ahead to Section 2.4.)
Objectives
At the end of this tutorial you will have...
Created a free GitHub account.
Created a GitHub Repository and Codespace for authoring PreTeXt in your web browser.
Learned the first steps to editing a PreTeXt document.
Converted your document to both LaTeX and accessible HTML.
Deployed your HTML to the web via GitHub Pages.
The community does its best to keep this guide updated, but for even more up-to-date advice, join us at our regular Zoom drop-ins announced at our Google group 5 or watch a recording posted in Section 2.3.
