Syntax highlighting is very important especially when we want to show our code example on the blog. By enabling the syntax highlighting on the blog, readers can read the code blocks easier.
There are a lot of free and useful syntax highlighting scripts around us. Most of the scripts are written using Javascripts, though some of them are powered by other programming languages such as Phyton or Ruby.
Today, we are going to look into 9 Syntax Highlighting Scripts that powered by Javascript.
1. SyntaxHighlighter
I believe this is the most common syntax highlighting script used by
most of us. It supports a lot of different languages and you can easily
create new “brush” for your language if it is not supported by default.
Check out the custom brushes list compiled by Abel Braaksma.
2. SHJS
SHJS stands for Syntax Highlighting in Javascript. It uses language
definations from GNU Source-highlight and support a lot of different
programming languages. SHJS has been tested and support major browsers
sych as Firefox 2 and 3, IE 6 and 7, Opera 9.6, Safari 3.2 and Chrome
1.0.
3. beautyOfCode
beautyOfCode is a jQuery plugin for syntax highlighting. It uses the
SyntaxHighlighter scripts by Alex Gorbatchev and makes it more
XHTML-compliant.
4. Chili
Chili is a jQuery code syntax highlighting plugin. It comes bundled
with recipes for a lot of languages and supports many configuration
options.
5. Lighter.js
Lighter.js is a free syntax highlighting plugin for MooTools. Using
lighter.cs is as simple as adding a single script to your webpage.
6. Highlight.js
highlight.js is easy to use and supports a lot of programming
languages. It has some plugins for easily integrations to other CMS,
forum or blog.
7. DlHighlight
DlHighlight is a simple syntax highlighting scripts that supports only 4 programming languages: JavaScript, CSS, XML, HTML.
8. Google Code Prettify
Google Code Prettify a Javascript module and CSS file that allows
syntax highlighting of source code snippets in an html page. It is the
scripts wich powers code.google.com.
9. JUSH
JUSH is yet another jQuery syntax highlighting plugin which supports
different programming languages such as HTML, CSS, PHP, PY and SQL.
