Tracy Teal - Scientific and technical publishing with Python and Quarto | SciPy 2023

Tracy Teal

Discover how Quarto and Cordo can simplify scientific and technical publishing with Python, enabling seamless conversion to various formats, interactive elements, and automated publishing processes.

Key takeaways

Quarto ecosystem is designed to focus on a broad set of publishing formats, including websites, blogs, and books, using standard Pandoc Markdown.
Cordo is a technical publishing system that builds on standard Pandoc Markdown, making it easy to author and convert documents to various formats.
Cordo allows for automatic generation of DOIs and can render Jupyter Notebooks to PDF, HTML, and other formats.
Shiny is a part of the Cordo ecosystem, allowing for interactive elements in documents.
Interactivity can be achieved through Stout or Shiny Live.
Quarto is compatible with Pandoc Markdown, so existing Pandoc knowledge can be applied.
The Quarto team is responsive and welcomes feedback and suggestions.
There are plans to improve the publishing process and automate more aspects of it.
Jupyter Notebooks can be used as a first-class format for publishing.
The idea of rendering Jupyter Notebooks to PDF, HTML, and other formats is neat.
Quarto can combine interactive elements with data analysis and communication.
Automatic versioning and linking of references is possible with Cordo.
The team wants to hear from users and is open to suggestions for improvement.
Quarto and Cordo are designed to make publishing more accessible and easy to use.
The next version of Cordo (version 1.4) will see further improvements in the publishing process.
The idea of having a single place to store all data and code for a paper is appealing.
The Cordo team is enthusiastic about the potential of Cordo and is looking forward to hearing from users.
Interactivity in documents is important for making data more accessible and understandable.

Tracy Teal - Scientific and technical publishing with Python and Quarto | SciPy 2023

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