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143 lines
4.0 KiB
Markdown
# Markdown editor with Showdown
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## Introduction
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In this tutorial, you will create a simple in-browser Markdown editor using Showdown and some of its extensions. The purpose is to show how easy it is to include and configure Showdown in your project.
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The fully working example you can see in [Fiddle][1].
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## Step 1: Prepare project
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1. Install [node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/).
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1. Install project package management tool
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!!! info ""
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Showdown core library doesn't have any dependencies so the setup is pretty straightforward. However, you are strongly encouraged to use a package manager such as [**npm**](http://npmjs.com) or [**yarn**](https://yarnpkg.com) to manage project dependencies.
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To install package management tool:
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1. Create a directory called `showdown-editor` and recreate the following structure:
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```
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showdown-editor
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├── css
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│ └── style.css
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├── js
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│ └── script.js
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└── index.html
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```
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1. Initialize `package.json` file by running the following interactive console command:
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```
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npm init -y
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```
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This command creates `package.json` file in the root of the project folder, and populates the default content that you can change later if you wish.
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## Step 2: Install Showdown
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Inside the `showdown-editor` directory, run the following command:
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npm install showdown --save
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```
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This command will install `showdown` inside the `node_modules` directory and save `showdown` as a dependency in the `package.json` file.
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## Step 3: Update project files
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Add the following content to the corresponding project files:
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=== "index.html"
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```html
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<!DOCTYPE HTML>
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<html>
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<head>
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<meta charset="UTF-8"/>
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css"/>
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</head>
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<body>
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<textarea id="sourceTA" rows="10" cols="82">
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Showdown Tutorial
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=================
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This is a showdown tutorial.
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Showdown supports a number of cool features, namely:
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- headers
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- lists
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- and other stuff too
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It is also possible to include code:
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var foo = 'bar';
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var baz = {
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markdown: 'is great',
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showdown: 'is awesome'
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}
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Don't forget to check the [extensions wiki][1].
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[1]: https://github.com/showdownjs/showdown/wiki/extensions
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</textarea>
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<hr/>
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<button id="runBtn" onClick="run()">Convert</button>
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<hr/>
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<div id="targetDiv"></div>
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<script src="node_modules/showdown/dist/showdown.min.js"></script>
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<script src="js/script.js"></script>
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</body>
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</html>
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```
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!!! warning ""
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Please note how Showdown and the script file are included to the `index.html` via the `script` tag at the bottom of the file.
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=== "style.css"
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```css
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#sourceTA {
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display: block;
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}
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#targetDiv {
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border: 1px dashed #333333;
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width: 600px;
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height: 400px;
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}
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```
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=== "script.js"
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```js
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function run() {
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var text = document.getElementById('sourceTA').value,
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target = document.getElementById('targetDiv'),
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converter = new showdown.Converter(),
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html = converter.makeHtml(text);
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target.innerHTML = html;
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}
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```
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The `script.js` file is simple: when the `runBtn` button is clicked, the script gets the text of the textarea, passes it through Showdown to convert the markdown text into HTML. The resulting HTML is then put inside the `targetDiv`, replacing the previous content.
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## Step 4: Check the result
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1. Open your `index.html` file. You should see your editor with prefilled markdown text in the text area.
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1. Click `Convert` button. You show see the text to be converted to HTML:
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The fully working example you can see in [Fiddle][1].
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## Conclusion
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Congratulations! :tada: You have successfully created a simple Markdown editor!
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[1]: http://jsfiddle.net/tivie/6bnpptkb/ |