2 How Bookdown Works: A Primer

Here is a general summary of how Bookdown creates html websites from .Rmd files when you hit Build.

Knitr renders and runs all the code, and the outputs are converted into markdown. After knitr, we have a bunch of markdown files. Pandoc translates this markdown into HTML, so that we get a website! It can be helpful to know when and how these packages work to help debug later on.

Note!

The Build step is required for changes to be reflected on the website. If you push an update and the site looks the same, you probably forgot to build.

For more information:

For more information, take a look at the Bookdown Crash Course section.