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Ask HN: Markdown to HTML

1 points by kotrunga ↗ HN
What is the proper way to 'transpile' Markdown to HTML?

I know there are static site generators out there, this has already been done, etc. I'm curious about the best way to do it, and if you can, pointing me to an example.

Thank you so much!

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ksherlock
In the beginning, there was the markdown.pl perl script (probably still available on gruber's blog). It converted a markdown file to an HTML file. It was probably also available as a wordpress plugin, which would convert markdown text in the textarea box to HTML.

That pretty much covers Markdown to HTML conversion today - either a standalone utility (markdown.pl, lowdown, commonmark, etc) or a library for your preferred language (kramdown, cmark, etc).

I guess the only other advancement is markdown-savvy editors that render the HTML in realtime as you type.