Using Gradle continuous builds to write presentations :)

jakeouellette · August 31, 2015, 7:43pm

Hey peeps!

This is a pretty simple function, but I wanted to share a cool use of continuous builds: Writing presentations. I was having trouble getting fswatch working on my machine, and found the gradle api pretty easy to set up, only ~four lines:

github.com

jakeouellette/reveal.jade/blob/master/build.gradle

def revealjsCanonicalPath = new File(revealjspath).getCanonicalPath()
def talkCanonicalPath = new File(talkpath).getCanonicalPath()

task setupRevealJs(type: Copy) {
	  from revealjsCanonicalPath
    into talkCanonicalPath
    outputs.upToDateWhen { true }
}

// Components are relatively static, shared by all talks
// (E.g., special CSS)
task setupTalkComponents(type: Copy) {
		from 'src/main/components'
    into talkCanonicalPath
}

// Resources change per talk
// (E.g., images)
task setupTalkResources(type: Copy) {
		from 'src/main/resources'

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I just wrote a blog post about the topic of presentations based on web technologies:
https://medium.com/@jakeout/deprecate-keynote-78f0f09424dd (as-a-tweet: https://twitter.com/jakeout/status/638390674061172736 ).

mark_vieira · September 1, 2015, 3:26am

Very cool. I haven’t looked at Jade at all, I’ll have to check it out. I have however used reveal.js in conjunction with asciidoctor for a presentation. Continuous mode is particularly well suited for this type of iterative work. Glad to hear you are finding it helpful.

Rene · September 1, 2015, 9:17am

@jakeouellette thanks for sharing!