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12.03.2008

Nicer sourcecode output
with Google Code Prettify

Tags: JavaScript, HTML | last edited: 26.02.2009


Thanks to Google Code Prettify the syntax highlighting of sourcecode on a website is a piece of cake. The little helper, consisting of a JavaScript and a CSS file is embedded quickly and easy to use.

Thus, boring sourcecode in black and white …

Boring sourcecode in black and white

<html>
   <head>      
      <title>My fantastic site</title>
   </head>

   <body>

      <div class="head">
         <h1>My fantastic site …</h1>
         <h1>…is the best of all!</h1>
      </div>

      <div class="navigation">         
         <ul>
            <li><a href="eintrag-1">Entry 1</a></li>
            <li><a href="eintrag-2">Entry 2</a></li>
            <li><a href="eintrag-3">Entry 3</a></li>
         </ul>
      </div>      

      <div class="content">
         <h2>With Google Prettify …</h2>
         <p>… everything would look much better!</p>
      </div>

      <div class="sidebar">
         <div class="sidebar_entry">
            <h3>Links</h3>
            <ul>
               <li><a href="http://google.com">Google</a></li>
               <li><a href="http://medianotions.de">Medianotions</a></li>
            </ul>
         </div>
      </div>

   </body>
</html>

… admittedly, this text is not any more exciting, but at least it is sourcecode with syntax highlighting in colour.

Sourcecode with syntax highlighting

<html>
   <head>      
      <title>My fantastic site</title>
   </head>

   <body>

      <div class="head">
         <h1>My fantastic site …</h1>
         <h1>…is the best of all!</h1>
      </div>

      <div class="navigation">         
         <ul>
            <li><a href="eintrag-1">Entry 1</a></li>
            <li><a href="eintrag-2">Entry 2</a></li>
            <li><a href="eintrag-3">Entry 3</a></li>
         </ul>
      </div>      

      <div class="content">
         <h2>With Google Prettify …</h2>
         <p>… everything would look much better!</p>
      </div>

      <div class="sidebar">
         <div class="sidebar_entry">
            <h3>Links</h3>
            <ul>
               <li><a href="http://google.com">Google</a></li>
               <li><a href="http://medianotions.de">Medianotions</a></li>
            </ul>
         </div>
      </div>

   </body>
</html>

How to integrate Google Code Prettify is not described here, as Google has already done that in an exemplary way on their own website.


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