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Users consistently praise the ease of use and multi-language support of highlight.js, making it a valuable tool for syntax highlighting in various coding projects. Many appreciate its lightweight nature and straightforward integration into applications, although some note that it may require programming knowledge for beginners to fully utilize its features.
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Ashutosh T.
AT
Engineering Development Group Intern
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Higlight js for syntax highlighting in the web"
What do you like best about higlight.js?

One of its best advantages of it's usability, it can be used with vanilla js by importing it in HTML, and you can also use it in server-side rendering using node js, which is one of the popular server-side runtime nowadays. so you can generate highlighted syntax from the server itself to pass onto front end. It generally highlights code and syntax as required by the user. It also has support for frontend frameworks like React js and Vue Js and uses ES6 standards. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about higlight.js?

One of disadvantages is that it doesn't have great documentation to work with and doesn't have enough examples present in its documentation website. This makes new developers understand the application not very well and they generally discourage the libraries with poor documentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dalton D.
DD
Software Engineer
Computer Software
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Multi-language Source Code Highlighting"
What do you like best about higlight.js?

I like that higlight.js is multi-language and has support for a variety of different programming languages, including Java, Python, Ruby, and JavaScript. Additionally, it has support for highlighting code snippets from a variety of websites such as StackOverflow and GitHub, which is great! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about higlight.js?

This tool is relatively new and doesn't have a ton of features yet, which is fine because it's a beta. But in the future I'd like to see more features added like the ability to export to PDF, a Chrome extension, integration with IDE's like VS Code, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

LT
Technology lead
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Review of Hightlight .js"
What do you like best about higlight.js?

Highlight.js is an open source javascript library, it is easy to install with node.js, it is easy to Initialize into your application,It is many pre-built functions to high light the text Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about higlight.js?

It isn't easy to understand for first-time users. It requires programming language experience, and the documentation is not so clear Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shivangi S.
SS
Associate Scientist II
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"higlight.js review"
What do you like best about higlight.js?

It is easy to use and can highlight the syntax in code examples on any web page or blog. It can be used under node.js ,with an AMD loader, and can replace TAB characters with spaces to give them special styling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about higlight.js?

You need to have some programming knowledge to use that, otherwise, it will be a bit difficult to use this for the beginners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Real code samples for simple docs"
What do you like best about higlight.js?

I tend to write all my doco in Markdown, adding this to my renderer means I can have hassle free code samples that can actually be used! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about higlight.js?

Nothing much to dislike about it! I've used it in a few different frontend stacks and the implementation has always been hassle free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Krisid M.
KM
P
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Simple customizable library for code snippets on your website"
What do you like best about higlight.js?

It is a lightweight lib and easy to customize Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about higlight.js?

Prism.js has more theming options you can download Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
TC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Its a great tool to demonstrate your coding skills on the web"
What do you like best about higlight.js?

It's simple and easy to use and integrates well with websites Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about higlight.js?

Oddly, the package name in npm has a dot value in it. The documentation isn't that great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Alternative Medicine
UA
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Highlight Review"
What do you like best about higlight.js?

I like the multiple options, languages, and aliases that they have provided. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about higlight.js?

It can be difficult to use for new beginners some training was necessary for new clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"highlight.js User Experience"
What do you like best about higlight.js?

highlight.js is the software tool that you never thought you needed but you actually do. It is great for visual display because not only does it detect the code but it properly indents, formats, and highlights the selected code properly in a way that is easy to read. Anyone can learn how to use this platform and it works with a wide variety of languages. It can also be used with any framework in Javascript and works with desktop. The plugin itself is free and takes little to no effort to implement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about higlight.js?

I do not dislike anything however there are some instances where it is slower than usual, but it still does the job well. It might be hard however to receive help or support in this software but you can always look at forums and external sources for that. However their online website is quite helpful as well and goes into details regarding the coding languages as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jorge R.
JR
Software Developer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Highlight code on your website"
What do you like best about higlight.js?

- Easy to use

- Hosted CDNs

- Node.js compatible

- Support for many Languages

- Easy to initialize

- Many prebuilt styles

- Custom initialization

- Web workers support

- BSD licence Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about higlight.js?

- Only website support

- Needs to manually get installed

- Requires programming knowledge to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Sathya Gadhiraju
Last activity over 3 years ago

Would this software eventually be open to being implemented in applications rather than just Web?

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