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The Failure story through writing the first technical book

kkeeth
December 21, 2020

The Failure story through writing the first technical book

kkeeth

December 21, 2020
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  1. The Failure story through
    writing the first technical book
    kkeeth @kuwahara_jsri @clown0082
    Dec 21, 2020
    #ٕज़ॻք۾Λ੝Γ্͛Δձ

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  2. Jun 19, 2020

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  3. Published a Riot.js book

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  4. Published a Riot.js book
    Please buy it
    https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4863543115

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  6. ...and my happy was for a moment

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  7. https://github.com/kkeeth/riot4-book-support/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aclosed

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  8. incoming many misspellings
    and typographical issues…

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  9. OMG !!

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  10. What was the problem?
    What was I supposed to do?

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  11. So, today I’d like to share
    some tips for writing
    technical books

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  12. Who am I ?

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  13. const my_info = {
    Workplace: ‘Yumemi Inc’,
    Position1: ‘Servant Leader of FET’,
    Position2: ‘Director’,
    Community: ‘Riot.js, Ionic, DIST’,
    PokemonGO: ‘TL40’
    }
    About me

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  14. npm/~kkeeth

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  15. Sorry …
    This slide is made in English.
    But I am unfamiliar using English.
    So, I may have a wrong expression.
    Plz feedback for me called “Masakari”
    about my English!!

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  16. Analyze why this
    happened

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  17. ɾAbout writing env
    ɾWhat’s the stats ?
    Premise

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  18. My writing environment

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  19. https://docs.gitbook.com/
    main tool used

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  20. usage about gitbook-cli

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  21. usage about gitbook-cli
    build for static
    HTML files

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  22. my book sample

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  23. One problem comes up
    when I'm writing

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  24. I want to count the number of
    characters…

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  25. I want to count the number of
    characters…
    Because books are usually
    about 1,400 characters per page.
    It takes about 200,000 characters
    to write a whole technical book.

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  26. You just have to make it,
    someone said

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  27. https://www.npmjs.com/package/wcmd
    created tool

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  28. created tool
    single file
    multiple files

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  29. My writing stats

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  30. ɾmy book has 334 pages
    ɾ230734 characters
    ɾabout 2 months
    ɾmy book is sole author
    my writing stats

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  31. more details
    https://note.com/clown0082/n/n7549641e5a9e

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  32. ɾBug in product
    ɾNot enough time for review
    ɾTypographical errors
    ɹand misprints
    Problems

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  33. Cause of the problems

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  34. writing and development
    at the same time
    Began in
    earnest 2 months
    before the deadline
    Brushing up or change
    the product while writing
    MY BAD CASES
    I've stretched the
    schedule for drafts twice

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  35. Points:
    Make a firm plan and
    proceed steadily

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  36. Review
    & Fix
    Writing
    planning writing project
    Product
    Story

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  37. Review
    & Fix
    Writing
    planning writing project
    Product
    Story
    Books usually have a story
    (my book is too)

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  38. ɾCHAPTER 01 Riot.jsʹ͍ͭͯ஌Ζ͏
    ɾCHAPTER 02 Riot.jsͷجૅ
    ɾCHAPTER 03 ͸͡ΊͯͷRiot.jsͰͷΞϓϦέʔγϣϯ։ൃ
    ɾCHAPTER 04 Giphy APIΛར༻ͨ͠ΞϓϦέʔγϣϯ
    ɾCHAPTER 05 Riot.jsͰͷελΠϦϯά
    ɾCHAPTER 06 CMSͷ։ൃ
    my book index

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  39. ɾCHAPTER 01 Riot.jsʹ͍ͭͯ஌Ζ͏
    ɾCHAPTER 02 Riot.jsͷجૅ
    ɾCHAPTER 03 ͸͡ΊͯͷRiot.jsͰͷΞϓϦέʔγϣϯ։ൃ
    ɾCHAPTER 04 Giphy APIΛར༻ͨ͠ΞϓϦέʔγϣϯ
    ɾCHAPTER 05 Riot.jsͰͷελΠϦϯά
    ɾCHAPTER 06 CMSͷ։ൃ
    my book index
    intro
    Practice
    Basis

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  40. Review
    & Fix
    Writing
    planning writing project
    Product
    Story
    At first, we must
    get a review ❗
    Next, get a review
    as well ❗

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  41. Review
    & Fix
    Writing
    planning writing project
    Product
    Story
    There are several perspectives,
    especially here ✋

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  42. ɾTypos and errors
    ɾCapitalize the beginning of nouns
    ɾConcrete rather than abstract
    ɾAmbiguous expression
    ɾFormatting e.g. “Ͱ͢·͢”
    …etc

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  43. There is a wonderful tool
    for typos and errors

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  44. wonderful tool: textlint
    https://textlint.github.io/

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  45. Summary

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  46. ❖ Make products first (Code is written first)
    ❖ Set a firm schedule and proceed steadily
    ❖ As much time for review as possible

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  47. I hope you produce some
    great technical books!

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  48. Publicity

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  49. We’re hiring Lead members!!
    It’s a new
    logo

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  50. There are three funny system
    ‣ Unlimited paid holidays
    ‣ We all are CEO
    ‣ Salary is self-determined

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