---
title: "The Turing Way Book"
source: The Turing Way
source_url: https://github.com/the-turing-way/the-turing-way
licence: CC-BY-4.0
domain: data-and-analysis
subdomain: turing-way
date_added: 2026-04-25
---

## The Turing Way Book

This is the README file for _The Turing Way_ book hosted online at [book.the-turing-way.org](https://book.the-turing-way.org).
For the README file of the main repository please [follow this link](../README.md).

All the text for each chapter of the `book` lives inside the [`website`](./website/) directory.
All figures associated to the chapters are stored in, and linked from, the [`figures`](./figures/) directory.
Everything else is in the `website/` directory.


### Configuration

The book's configuration is defined in [`website/myst.yml`](./website/myst.yml). The possible fields for this file are explained [in the MystMD documentation](https://mystmd.org/guide/frontmatter#in-a-myst-yml-file).

### Building

Instructions for how to build the book locally can be found in [_The Turing Way_'s Community Handbook](https://book.the-turing-way.org/community-handbook/local-build).

## Bibliography

The collection of bibliography items from all the chapters exist in the `./website/references.bib` file.
More details can be read in the [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/the-turing-way/the-turing-way/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#referencing-and-citing) file.

## Content Templates

Templates for different types of content can be found in the [`templates`](./templates) directory.
This includes the following:

* [`case-study-template`](templates/case-study-template/): a template for writing and/or revising case studies
* [`chapter-template`](templates/chapter-template/): a template for writing new chapters or revising old ones
