Day 19: Highlight'em up! 🔖

Today I'd like to share with you a nice little library that colorizes code-like output. Yup, no jokes today, very serious library: cli-highlight👔.

You know the drill: install with e.g. deno add npm:cli-highlight and create a file, e.g. main.ts:

import { highlight } from "cli-highlight";

const code = JSON.stringify(
  [
    {
      category: "Christmas",
      jokes: [
        {
          question: "What do you call Santa when he stops moving?",
          answer: "Santa Pause!",
        },
        {
          question: "Why did the Christmas tree go to therapy?",
          answer: "It had too many hang-ups!",
        },
      ],
    },
    {
      category: "Winter",
      jokes: [
        {
          question: "How do snowmen get around?",
          answer: "By riding an *icicle*!",
        },
      ],
    },
    {
      category: "Gifts",
      jokes: [
        {
          question: "What do you call a bankrupt Santa?",
          answer: "Saint *Nickel*-less!",
        },
        {
          question: "Why was the gift so good at music?",
          answer: "It had great *wrap* skills!",
        },
      ],
    },
  ],
  null,
  2
);

console.log(highlight(code, { language: "json" }));

Run with deno run -A ./main.ts and enjoy readible output:

It supports 192 languages, just like a browser highlighter:

[
    "1c",
    "abnf",
    "accesslog",
    "actionscript",
    "ada",
    "angelscript",
    "apache",
    "applescript",
    "arcade",
    "arduino",
    "armasm",
    "asciidoc",
    "aspectj",
    "autohotkey",
    "autoit",
    "avrasm",
    "awk",
    "axapta",
    "bash",
    "basic",
    "bnf",
    "brainfuck",
    "c",
    "cal",
    "capnproto",
    "ceylon",
    "clean",
    "clojure-repl",
    "clojure",
    "cmake",
    "coffeescript",
    "coq",
    "cos",
    "cpp",
    "crmsh",
    "crystal",
    "csharp",
    "csp",
    "css",
    "d",
    "dart",
    "delphi",
    "diff",
    "django",
    "dns",
    "dockerfile",
    "dos",
    "dsconfig",
    "dts",
    "dust",
    "ebnf",
    "elixir",
    "elm",
    "erb",
    "erlang-repl",
    "erlang",
    "excel",
    "fix",
    "flix",
    "fortran",
    "fsharp",
    "gams",
    "gauss",
    "gcode",
    "gherkin",
    "glsl",
    "gml",
    "go",
    "golo",
    "gradle",
    "graphql",
    "groovy",
    "haml",
    "handlebars",
    "haskell",
    "haxe",
    "hsp",
    "http",
    "hy",
    "inform7",
    "ini",
    "irpf90",
    "isbl",
    "java",
    "javascript",
    "jboss-cli",
    "json",
    "julia-repl",
    "julia",
    "kotlin",
    "lasso",
    "latex",
    "ldif",
    "leaf",
    "less",
    "lisp",
    "livecodeserver",
    "livescript",
    "llvm",
    "lsl",
    "lua",
    "makefile",
    "markdown",
    "mathematica",
    "matlab",
    "maxima",
    "mel",
    "mercury",
    "mipsasm",
    "mizar",
    "mojolicious",
    "monkey",
    "moonscript",
    "n1ql",
    "nestedtext",
    "nginx",
    "nim",
    "nix",
    "node-repl",
    "nsis",
    "objectivec",
    "ocaml",
    "openscad",
    "oxygene",
    "parser3",
    "perl",
    "pf",
    "pgsql",
    "php-template",
    "php",
    "plaintext",
    "pony",
    "powershell",
    "processing",
    "profile",
    "prolog",
    "properties",
    "protobuf",
    "puppet",
    "purebasic",
    "python-repl",
    "python",
    "q",
    "qml",
    "r",
    "reasonml",
    "rib",
    "roboconf",
    "routeros",
    "rsl",
    "ruby",
    "ruleslanguage",
    "rust",
    "sas",
    "scala",
    "scheme",
    "scilab",
    "scss",
    "shell",
    "smali",
    "smalltalk",
    "sml",
    "sqf",
    "sql",
    "stan",
    "stata",
    "step21",
    "stylus",
    "subunit",
    "swift",
    "taggerscript",
    "tap",
    "tcl",
    "thrift",
    "tp",
    "twig",
    "typescript",
    "vala",
    "vbnet",
    "vbscript-html",
    "vbscript",
    "verilog",
    "vhdl",
    "vim",
    "wasm",
    "wren",
    "x86asm",
    "xl",
    "xml",
    "xquery",
    "yaml",
    "zephir"
]

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