Rendering and publishing

Preview locally, render, and deploy the finished course.

Quiz 6 min

By the end of this lesson you will

• Preview while writing
• Render the final site
• List what to check before you publish

Cheat sheet

quarto preview

Live preview

quarto render

Build the site

git push

Publish to GitHub

Resources

• Publishing with Quarto

Preview while you write

quarto preview

The page reloads when you save. The pre-render script runs first, so the home page and module pages are always current.

Render the site

quarto render

Because output-dir is ., the HTML lands next to the sources, which is how the courses/ repo is served: statmania.info/courses/<slug>/.

Before you publish

• Every lesson has title, description, minutes and kind.
• Every lesson has a quiz or a takeaways block.
• index.qmd outcomes match what the lessons actually teach.
• Course appears in the hub page courses/index.html.
• Previous and next links walk the lessons in the right order.

Check your understanding

Q1. Type the command that serves the course locally and reloads on save.

You have finished the course. Press Mark as complete on this page, then go back to the course home and watch the progress ring reach 100%.

• quarto preview while writing, quarto render to publish.
• Run the checklist before you ship.