Nowadays there are a lot of tools to create online presentations because those presentations are more dynamic and with more effects. In summary, because they are fancy and hipster.
The problem I face and I am sure a lot of people are in the same situation, is how to create an offline version of those online slides.
Following instructions from my friend Jesus Manuel I ran a process to export to PDF using another sexy tool as you can imagine and I am going to document here.
Firstly, you need to install Decktape which is a is a high-quality PDF exporter for HTML5 presentation frameworks built on top of a forked version PhantomJS.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/astefanutti/decktape.gitSecondly, you need to install the PhantomJS fork available for your platform.
$ cd decktape
$ curl -L http://astefanutti.github.io/decktape/downloads/phantomjs-osx-cocoa-x86-64 -o bin/phantomjs
$ chmod +x bin/phantomjsCurrent list of versions available
# Windows (MSVC 2013), 64-bit, for Windows Vista or later, bundles VC++ Runtime 2013
$ curl -L http://astefanutti.github.io/decktape/downloads/phantomjs-msvc2013-win64.exe -o bin\phantomjs.exe
# Mac OS X (Cocoa), 64-bit, for OS X 10.6 or later
$ curl -L http://astefanutti.github.io/decktape/downloads/phantomjs-osx-cocoa-x86-64 -o bin/phantomjs
# Linux (CentOS 6), 64-bit
$ curl -L http://astefanutti.github.io/decktape/downloads/phantomjs-linux-centos6-x86-64 -o bin/phantomjs
# Linux (CentOS 7), 64-bit
$ curl -L http://astefanutti.github.io/decktape/downloads/phantomjs-linux-centos7-x86-64 -o bin/phantomjs
# Linux (Debian 8), 64-bit
$ curl -L http://astefanutti.github.io/decktape/downloads/phantomjs-linux-debian8-x86-64 -o bin/phantomjsFinally, you can export your slides as PDF, check the example below.
$ bin/phantomjs decktape.js http://drupal8slides2.dev/index.html ~/Desktop/srijan-mastering-d8.pdf --screenshots-size=800x600In my case, my slides were built with Reveal.js, but you can use any HTML presentation framework.
I hope did you found this article useful.