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Kevin •

I'm not the OP, so I'm not in the position to comment.

But can I just say, your comment reminded me that syntax highlighting is a thing, and so I have gone back to update my own posts to include them. Just wanted to say a big thank you! Cheers

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João Paulo Martins Silva •

Is there any tutorial on how to make syntax highlighting on dev.to?

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Jitendra Choudhary • 
<h1>This is pretty easy. You can do like this</h1>
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Kevin • • Edited

@joao9aulo

First, wrap code in triple backticks (`) to turn them into code blocks:

Use of backticks

Standard code blocks without syntax highlighting

Next, append the opening triple backticks with the language of your code block to add syntax highlighting (keywords are highlighted accordingly):

Adding syntax highlighting

Code blocks with syntax highlighting

Reference: You can check here for a full list of languages - you want to be using the short name in the third column - typically supported. Of course, this might vary depending on the markdown implementation on dev.to, but common languages should work just fine.

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