pdfdeck reads deck markup, and generates the PDF. The markup is created by hand or generated by other programs, for example the dchart [5,6] client.
I tend to avoid templates and work from a blank canvas.
[1] https://github.com/ajstarks/deck [2] https://speakerdeck.com/ajstarks/deck-a-go-package-for-prese... [3] https://speakerdeck.com/ajstarks/go-for-information-displays [4] https://speakerdeck.com/ajstarks/a-view-of-design-and-user-e... [5] https://github.com/ajstarks/deck/tree/master/cmd/dchart [6] https://speakerdeck.com/ajstarks/dchart-charts-from-deck-mar...