EbookFoundation/free-programming-books-search is an open-source project on GitHub with 373 stars, written primarily in JavaScript.
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The free-programming-books-search is a companion project of free-programming-books. It allows users to search by book title or author and filter by language. The search index is updated once per day, so changes made on free-programming-books may not be immediately reflected.
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Contents
How It All Works
Installation
NPM Installation
Running the Website
Deployment
FAQ
How It All Works
THERE IS NO DATABASE INVOLVED. Rather, the books are stored in a markdown on free-programming-books and is parsed daily by free-programming-books-parser. The books and all info pertaining to them are stored in a JSON file called fpb.json.
This JSON is downloaded locally and searched locally when the actual search function is used.
Installation
NPM Installation
Make sure you have Node.js installed. If you already do, skip to Running the Website.
Otherwise, download the LTS installer from Node.js website.
Follow the instructions of the installer, make sure npm is listed as a package to be installed.
Click Install.
Verify that Node.Js has been installed by going to command line and typing in node. It should show the current version.
Close out of Node by either closing and reopening the command line or with Ctrl + C.
Make sure to check out the NPM website for more info.
Running the Website
Make sure you have Git installed.
Clone the repo from Github with Git.
Navigate to the folder using command line. A easy way is to type "cd" and then drag and drop the folder into command line.
Type npm install.
Type npm install react-scripts.
Type npm start. At this point, the command prompt should start up the server, and a tab in your default browser should open up to localhost.
Deployment
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION STEPS FIRST!
First, make sure that you the local folder containing the files has a remote configured called "origin".
If you aren't sure, navigate to the folder using Git (type "cd", then drag and drop folder in to Git command line).
Type git init.
Type git remote add origin <repo url>, replacing <repo url> with the url of your github repository.
Now, run npm install -g gh-pages.
Run npm run deploy.
This should deploy your code to "https://yourusername.github.io/free-programming-books-search/".
FAQ
What database are we using to store the books?
NONE! The books are stored in a JSON file which is downloaded locally.
I added a book but it's not showing up on search?
Give it some time. The parser is run once a day, so it may take up to 24 hours for the search to reflect that.
How many stars does EbookFoundation/free-programming-books-search have?
EbookFoundation/free-programming-books-search has 373 GitHub stars — refresh the page for the live number, or check github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books-search. TopGit mirrors GitHub's count but does not claim minute-by-minute accuracy.
Is EbookFoundation/free-programming-books-search open source?
Yes — EbookFoundation/free-programming-books-search ships under the BSD-2-Clause license, which makes its source code freely readable (and, depending on license terms, forkable and reusable). Source: github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books-search.
What is EbookFoundation/free-programming-books-search?
EbookFoundation/free-programming-books-search (EbookFoundation/free-programming-books-search) is a JavaScript project tracked by TopGit. The repository has 373 GitHub stars at the time of our last sync.
Where can I see EbookFoundation/free-programming-books-search in action?
The project maintains a homepage at https://ebookfoundation.github.io/free-programming-books-search. The README tab on this page also usually contains screenshots and a quickstart.
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