README.md

<code-block>

A web component that displays colorfully formatted code with Prism.js and Lit.

Features

• Loads Prism.js language definitions on demand via dynamic imports from node_modules/prismjs/components/
• Loads Prism.js custom themes
• Built as a web component on Lit

Install

This web component is built with ES modules in mind and is available on NPM:

Install code-block:

npm i @justinribeiro/code-block
# or
yarn add @justinribeiro/code-block

After install, import into your project:

import '@justinribeiro/code-block';

Finally, use as required:

<code-block language="javascript">
function helloWorld(say) {
  console.log(say);
}

helloWorld('Hi there!');
</code-block>

Attributes

The web component allows certain attributes to be give a little additional flexibility.

Name	Description	Default
language	Code language you wish to utilize from Prism	clike
theme	Path to Prism CSS theme file	/node_modules/prismjs/themes/prism.css

Building

If you want the ability to load the full spectrum of languages that Prism supports, you'll want to make sure your build script includes the /node_modules/prismjs/**, as there are many many language resources (and you don't want them all in your bundle, utilize the dynamic loading).