Javascript syntax highlighting library

Syntax highlighting provides the source code's color and style in Visual Studio Code. It improves readability. It also helps programmers find errors in their programs. It has the functionality of auto-language detection and multi-language code highlighting.  

Sometimes it is very easy to link with HTML5 tags. You can use attributes and classes for objects icons built on modern web standards. The Rainbow and Prism are the popular syntaxes highlighting libraries. It is very light, fast, and easy to use. Dependencies are free with automatic language detection. You can define it once in one of their common ancestors if many code snippets have the same language. You need to wrap inline code in the HTML tag when using Prism. Depending on the language you are highlighting, apply the appropriate class to it. It supports several languages and has the richest ecosystem of themes and plugins. You can use it to extend its core functionality.  

STEPS:  

• First, include some markup for the code you want to be highlighted. We can define our HTML code language here.  
• Then include a CSS theme file in the head tag of your page.  
• Finally, include rainbow js and whatever language(s) you want before the closing body tag.  

Syntax highlighting is a text editor feature. The feature displays text, and source code, in colors and fonts according to the term category. We can use it for programming, scripting, or markup languages like HTML.  

highlight.js:  

• It works with any markup language.  
• It is compatible with any js framework.  
• It is available for node.js.  
• It has automatic language detection and multi-language code highlighting.  

syntaxhighlighter:  

• It is a small and self-contained code syntax highlighter.  
• It helps set the color and style of the source code.  
• We can also highlight the text.  
• It improves readability.  

rainbow:  

• It has a high rich texture.  
• It is very simple, and light compared to others.  
• Easy to use and extendable.  
• It is completely themable through CSS. 

vscode-styled-components:  

• It has detailed CSS IntelliSense while working in styled strings.  
• It has Syntax error reporting.  
• It has components in JavaScript as well as in Typescript.  
• It has flexibility.  

EnlighterJS:  

• It is designed to work in all modern browsers.  
• It has 12 high-quality themes.  
• Themes are available as single CSS files to reduce footprint.  
• Minimal, embedded DOM library.  

Primrose:  

• It has Color theming.  
• Syntax highlighting for JavaScript, HTML, and BASIC.  
• It has international keyboard support (left-to-right rendering only).  
• It has Line numbering availability. 

vscode-lit-html:  

• It has Formatting support and auto-closing tags.  
• It works with literal html strings that contain placeholders.  
• It has CSS completions in style blocks.  
• It has Quick info hovers on tags.  

Sublime-JS-Custom:  

• Easy to use.  
• High performing.  
• Extensible code editor.  
• Highly customized. 

FAQ:  

1. What is a JavaScript syntax highlighter, and how does it work?  

Syntax highlighter helps set the color and style of the source code. It is displayed in the Visual Studio Code editor. It highlights keywords, string literals, and other syntactic elements. Syntax highlighting can also draw attention to syntax errors.  

2. How can multi-language code highlighting be achieved with a JavaScript library?  

Highlight. js tries to detect the language of a code fragment. It is simple: it highlights a fragment with all the language definitions. It has auto-language detection and multi-language code highlighting.  

3. Is there an automatic language detection feature that comes with this library?  

Yes, an automatic language detection feature is coming with this library. For example, in JavaScript, Highlight.js is a syntax highlighter. It works in the browser and the server. It can work with almost any markup. It doesn't depend on other frameworks and has automatic language detection.  

4. Are modern web standards supported in this library for syntax highlighting?  

Yes, modern web standards are supported in this library for syntax highlighting. It is built on modern web standards. It is easy to combine with HTML5 tags using attributes and classes for object icons.  

5. Which languages are supported by the syntax highlighting library?  

• apache  
• C  
• Java  
• Javascript  
• Php  
• Python  
• Shell  
• typescript