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+_book
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+# GopherJS by Example
+
+Welcome to the book!
+
+# Development
+
+This book is being developed using [gitbook](https://github.com/GitbookIO/gitbook).
+
+```bash
+npm install gitbook -g
+gitbook serve .
+```
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+{
+    "plugins": ["exercises"]
+}
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