RevealExpress

ExpressJS server to show your RevealJS presentation and add interaction with your audience

What is RevealExpress

Start revealexpress inside your presentation folder, share the URL with your audience and start your interactive presentation.

Instructions

1 - Install RevealExpress globally

You must have NodeJS and NPM already installed. In your console, run:

(You may need to add sudo at start)

npm install -g revealexpress

2 - Launch RevealExpress inside your presentation folder

In your console, navigate to your project folder. Then launch RevealExpress:

cd ./my-awesome-presentation
revealexpress

RevealExpress should open in your default browser and build a presentation based on your HTML files.

3 - Share the URL with your audience

Simply share the URL that should appear and your audience will have access to your presentation through RevealExpress. By default, you must be on the same network.

Features

• Work in any modern browser
• Open in default browser
• Accessible by anyone on the same network
• Audience can follow your presentation in real time

Additional features

PrismJS

You can include PrismJS in your slideshow using Webpack and babel-plugin-prismjs.

Configuration

Command arguments

You can pass arguments to the revealexpress command to customize the slideshow:

revealexpress -n="My slideshow" -p=5000 --revealjs.slideNumber=0

You can use the --help flag to list every available arguments:

revealexpress --help

You can also use a JavaScript file to send arguments to RevealExpress:

module.exports = {
  name: 'My slideshow',
  port: 5000,
  portws: 5001,
  revealjs: {
    slideNumber: 0    
  },
  stylesheets: ['assets/css/style.css'],
  javascripts: ['assets/js/script.js']
};

RevealJS API

RevealJS expose an API to let you listen or trigger events and configure the slideshow.

The Reveal object is accessible once the slideshow has been loaded. You can listen to the 'loaded' event and then use the Reveal object within the listener callback function:

document.getElementById('revealexpress').addEventListener('loaded', function(event) {
  event.Reveal.next();
});

:warning: You should always wait for the slideshow to be loaded before interacting with it!

Credits

Development

• Pierre Jehan (GitHub, Site)

This project was inspired by the Keppler project.