Softcover

The publishing platform behind @LearnEnough and the @RailsTutorial.

[Softcover @softcover]

@NickNerd Thanks for your message and sorry for the inconvenience. Please send an email with your request to [email protected].

[Michael Hartl @mhartl]

I’m being semi-facetious, but in all seriousness LaTeX is incredibly powerful. I use it for books (via @softcover) & for blog posts (via https://t.co/Pp0MY88KZt). And this is from the upcoming print version of The Tau Manifesto (@TauDay). Good luck getting this with Google Docs!

[Michael Hartl @mhartl]

Time for Gen Z to learn LaTeX.

[Jonathan Rasmusson @jrasmusson]

Proud to announce new iOS book I am working on with @softcover called iOS Tutorial - Beginner to Pro: https://t.co/00GL1pLLzM

[Softcover @softcover]

@thomasfindlay94 That’s a big hint. There’s nothing special about the generated files. To track down the issue, I suggest making one change at a time until something breaks.

[Michael Hartl @mhartl]

It’s a source of strange satisfaction to me that macOS’s text-to-speech program (a) knows how to pronounce “LaTeX” and (b) pronounces it the same way I do. Try it at the command line using “say”:

$ say latex # LAY-tex,
$ say LaTeX # LAY-tech (“tech” as in “technology”)

[swyx @swyx]

Let's talk a little about the tech stack behind @Coding_Career!

Site: @sveltejs + @evilpingwin's MDSveX of course!
Hosting: @begin (mainly bc i wanted to try out Begin Data )
Book: @softcover!
Sales: @Podia: all in one platform! Referral link: https://t.co/8EPXCqgLU3

[Softcover @softcover]

@swyx @jsjoeio No worries! 😀🤝

[Softcover @softcover]

@swyx @jsjoeio >its essentially unmaintained

I’m not sure exactly what you meant by this, but @softcover is definitely maintained. In fact, seven new versions have already gone out this year.

[Coding Career @Coding_Career]

Just sent out CtCC v0.2.0 to presale folks!!! @softcover is a lifesaver for publishing, this looks WAY better than what i had before. still need to figure out text formatting.

#BehindTheScenes - @swyx

[Coding Career @Coding_Career]

Trying out @mhartl's @softcover for publishing today. The demo looks sick: https://t.co/sXn7Tbz4tw

need to see if it fits my needs

#BehindTheScenes

[Michael Hartl @mhartl]

@RobOldCodes @wintermeyer Yes, it’s @softcover at https://t.co/zwF3Yg0iOK, supporting input in Markdown or (a subset of) LaTeX with output to PDF, EPUB, MOBI, and HTML. I use it for the @LearnEnough tutorials and the @RailsTutorial, and even (via the jekyll-latex gem) for the Learn Enough blog.

[Michael Hartl @mhartl]

Webdev 101

A good example of bad password requirements (c/o @Delta Airlines):

• MAX 20 characters
• Can’t use the “@” or “<” symbols (?!)
• AT MOST 3 special characters (?!?!)

Allowed passwords:

1Password
Michael1
DeltaAirlines1

Disallowed password:

wRq]zdCPVbyK0V*g@)5t<

[Michael Hartl @mhartl]

Indeed, the @Softcover publishing system used to build the tutorial PDFs has a command that looks like this:

softcover build:pdf --find-overfull

[Jason Fried @jasonfried]

Elevator idea: Elevator buttons should be undoable. Hit 4 when you meant 6, and now you have to stop at 4 first. But what if a long 3-second press on a floor button turned that button off? Quick fix and no more stopping at the “ugh, wrong button” floor first.

[Jon @jmacr0_]

chapter 7! @RailsTutorial concepts are starting to make more sense

[Softcover @softcover]

Rails 6 edition of the @RailsTutorial coming soon!

[Softcover @softcover]

@atommorgan Yes, custom domains should be working. Email nick at softcover dot io and he can help get things sorted.

[Daniel Kehoe @danielkehoe]

Kickstarter offering 'Ultimate Learn Rails Bundle' for the 'Learn Ruby on Rails 5' book https://t.co/XTwaZ6RTwt