Ask HN: Programming Language for Building Slide Decks 2 points by devstein 2y ago ↗ HN Is there such a thing? I'd love if there is a mermaid-like language for building a simple text-centric slide deck
[–] terhechte 2y ago ↗ I build an app for this some time ago: https://hyperdeck.ioIt uses markdown with extensions. There’re also a lot of alternative markdown based slide generators on GitHub. Most use JavaScript though and I wanted something native
[–] thesuperbigfrog 2y ago ↗ Beamer (https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Beamer) works well if you are comfortable with LaTeX. [–] devstein 2y ago ↗ Oh nice. It's been a while since I've used LaTeX, but ChatGPT is great with it :)
[–] devstein 2y ago ↗ Oh nice. It's been a while since I've used LaTeX, but ChatGPT is great with it :)
[–] petercooper 2y ago ↗ https://revealjs.com/ is a mature, popular option and supports writing slides in Markdown, though ultimately you are working with HTML.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 24.1 ms ] threadIt uses markdown with extensions. There’re also a lot of alternative markdown based slide generators on GitHub. Most use JavaScript though and I wanted something native