Nohts

Introduction

Nohts is a simple Javascript-based tool for overlaying annotations on text (plain text, code, etc.) or math expressions (LaTeX). Nohts can then be exported as PNG images.

I built this so I could make better slide decks, better documentation, better Slack messages, and just generally clearer explanations in my life as a developer and data scientist. I hope it helps you too!

To try it yourself, visit the Nohts website.

Nohts is a work in progress. I welcome all feedback! You can find me on Twitter at @iamchriswalker or email me at [email protected].

(I also welcome issue reports and pull requests!)

How does it work?

Just a few simple steps:

• Enter text or a LaTeX expression
• Draw highlight boxes around the parts you want to explain
• Fill in annotations
• Position the annotations
• Export your Noht to a PNG file
• Profit!

Examples

Explanation of arguments for R's mirt library

Explanation of the IRT 2-parameter model item response function

Dependencies (with gratitude)

• MathJax 2.7.5
• html2canvas 1.0.0-alpha.12
• Bootstrap 4.1.3
• JQuery 3.3.1

Disclaimers

Nohts will never replace good code comments. Do not use Nohts is you are allergic to Nohts.