nbdev-mkdocs 0.0.1rc2

Extension of nbdev for generating documentation using Material for Mkdocs instead of Quarto

Getting Started

Material for nbdev is a nbdev extension that allows you to use Material for MkDocs to generate documentation for nbdev projects.

Workflow

Here’s a quick comparison of Quarto and Material for nbdev development workflows:

Quarto workflow	Material for nbdev workflow
Install: $ pip install notebook nbdev $ nbdev_install_quarto	Install: $ pip install notebook nbdev $ nbdev_install_quarto $ pip install nbdev-mkdocs
Setup: $ nbdev_new $ nbdev_install_hooks $ vi settings.ini $ nbdev_export $ pip install -e ‘.[dev]’	Setup: $ nbdev_new $ nbdev_install_hooks $ vi settings.ini $ nbdev_export $ pip install -e ‘.[dev]’ $ nbdev_mkdocs new $ vi mkdocs/mkdocs.yml
Development: # Edit files $ nbdev_preview	Development: # Edit files $ nbdev_mkdocs preview
Commit changes: $ nbdev_prepare $ git commit -am “Commit message” $ git push	Commit changes: $ nbdev_mkdocs prepare $ git commit -am “Commit message” $ git push

Quick start

The following quick start guide will walk you through installing and configuring nbdev-mkdocs for an existing nbdev project. It also assumes you’ve already initialized your project with nbdev and installed all of the required libraries.

For detailed installation instructions, configuration options, and an End-To-End Walkthrough, please see the documentation.

Install

nbdev-mkdocs is published as a Python package and can be installed with pip:

pip install nbdev-mkdocs

Note that nbdev-mkdocs must be installed in the same Python environment as nbdev.

If the installation was successful, you should now have the nbdev-mkdocs installed on your system. Run the below command from the terminal to see the full list of available commands:

nbdev_mkdocs --help

 Usage: nbdev_mkdocs [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...                                
                                                                                
╭─ Options ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ --install-completion          Install completion for the current shell.      │
│ --show-completion             Show completion for the current shell, to copy │
│                               it or customize the installation.              │
│ --help                        Show this message and exit.                    │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Commands ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ new      Creates files in **mkdocs** subdirectory needed for other           │
│          **nbdev_mkdocs** subcommands                                        │
│ prepare  Prepares files in **mkdocs/docs** and then runs **mkdocs build**    │
│          command on them                                                     │
│ preview  Prepares files in **mkdocs/docs** and then runs **mkdocs serve**    │
│          command on them                                                     │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

Setup

After installing nbdev-mkdocs, bootstrap your project documentation by executing the following command from the project’s root directory:

nbdev_mkdocs new

Using information from the project’s settings.ini file, the above command creates files and directories required to build the documentation and saves it in the mkdocs subdirectory.

Note: You should only run the nbdev_mkdocs new command once for the project to initialise the files required for building Material for MkDocs documentation.

Build and prepare

Execute the following command to build the Python modules and install the library locally:

nbdev_export && pip install -e '.[dev]'

Then execute the following command to generate the Material for MkDocs documentation.

nbdev_mkdocs prepare

Running the above command will:

• Generate the markdown files from the notebooks and saves them to the mkdocs/docs/ directory.
• Builds the documentation from the generated markdown files and saves the resulting files to the mkdocs/site directory.

Preview

After the documentation has been successfully built, execute the following command to start a local server and preview the documentation.

nbdev_mkdocs preview

Copyright

Copyright © 2022 onwards airt technologies ltd, Inc.

License

This project is licensed under the terms of the Apache License 2.0