16-what-is-myst

Estimated time: 12 minutes

Overview

Questions

• How can we build an interactive webpage using Markdown files?
• How do we initialize myst?
• What does myst need to run?
• How do I view mny work?

Objectives

• Explain what myst is and its benafits
• Run myst for the first time
• Check myst requirments
• View the webpage we built locally

Instructor Note

Remember to address feedback from the previous session

Introduction

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MyST is an open-source, community-driven project to improve scientific communication, including integrations into Jupyter Notebooks and computational results. (Sourced from mystmd.org’s Project goals)

Instructor Note

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Challenge

Challenge 1: Can you do it?

Output

OUTPUT

Challenge

Challenge 2: how do you nest solutions within challenge blocks?

Show me the solution

You can add a line with at least three colons and a solution tag.

Figures

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You can use pandoc markdown for static figures with the following syntax:

![optional caption that appears below the figure](figure url){alt='alt text for accessibility purposes'}

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Key Points