UI

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/28/2019

"Syntax highlighting has never been this easy..."

5/5

What do you like best about higlight.js?

I like how highlight.js is so lightweight of a plugin. It is so easy to setup in my projects, and is also easy to use. I displays code syntaxes on my web pages correctly and nicely, without having to worry that my compilers will confuse them with my real application code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about higlight.js?

None at the moment. This simply is an amazing plugin, free, and it helps you get the job done easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering higlight.js:

There is not much to think about it. If you need to display code in your web pages, Highlight.js does the job right and good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is higlight.js solving and how is that benefiting you?

Highlight.js simply becomes our solution when we need to display parts of code in our web pages. It's obviously the only choice for the job as there is no other library that could perform at the level Highlight.js has done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UA

Verified User in Arts and Crafts

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/25/2018

"Perfect for Syntax highlighting"

4/5

What do you like best about higlight.js?

It's not too big. It's way faster. I made a basic performance test in JSFiddle to see how highlight.js does in comparison to prettify. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about higlight.js?

I'm not sure whether the language tag/hint is something implemented by SO specifically, or built into prettify. It probably wouldn't be hard to parse them in order to inform the way hljs is activated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering higlight.js:

higlight.js' tags/classes it generates are quite extensive, and they are nicely nested, so you can do some cool things with CSS to make a really nice color scheme.

It can detect nested code blocks, such as CSS inside HTML, and highlight both languages correctly in the same snippet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is higlight.js solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's actively developed. The commit activity for highlight.js is consistently high. Not so much for prettify (although it's not completely dead as some might have thought). Of course, SE can't update all the time, but more improvements can be pulled in every time the library is updated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Vishant S.

Full Stack Developer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/23/2018

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Performance and Speed"

3.5/5

What do you like best about higlight.js?

It can detect nested languages and it has many more supported languages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about higlight.js?

It is larger and slower for usage and most of the people may not be willing to pay this cost. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering higlight.js:

If you are willing to take a risk on the performance cut in your product , you might as well just use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is higlight.js solving and how is that benefiting you?

Initially, we started with higlight.js cause we wanted syntax highlighting for the Web. It has a powerful library that can detect nested languages, i.e., language in a language, which is a really plus point. To top this off, it has many supported languages which helped our business in syntax highlighting to a depth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UI

Verified User in Internet

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/31/2019

"Highlight js review"

5/5

What do you like best about higlight.js?

Highlight.js is a syntax highlighter written in JavaScript. It works for almost all language Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about higlight.js?

The documentation is not very clear and hard to understand Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Zack B.

Partner Manager

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/25/2018

"Highlight.js"

3.5/5

What do you like best about higlight.js?

I use it to identify different coding languages. It assists with understanding which variable is where and what does function does it perform. Being able to read hundreds of languages is valuable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about higlight.js?

Nothing. It is a pretty straightforward application for coding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering higlight.js:

Use it for easily reading and identifying variables and functions. It makes faster which use a lot of syntax highlight. this is a better product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is higlight.js solving and how is that benefiting you?

Understanding the different languages within my code structure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.