I started using markdown as my primary document format, but the tools I'm using are very rudimentary. I use VS CODE + MD ext + Grammarly. I wrote a...
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I recently created a Notion account to manage my blog drafts. I write all my posts in there, and export them as markdown. You can also show your drafts on a calendar so you can plan out your content for the month, it's pretty cool.
💯 what i do.
I was considering using Notion, but didn't know you can export as MD. Do you have to change anything after the export? E.g. image URLs? How do you do that?
Images I would do manually. Since I need to save them to a folder in my repo first, and then refer to them in my posts.
I really like Typora typora.io/
I like that it has typewriter and focus mode. It does a live transform of your md, so you don’t see the “raw” content, this could be a pro or con depending on your preference
DEV has an API
docs.dev.to/api/
I have ideas, but not time, to implement something to synchronise articles published there to a GitHub repo.
So for now I'm pretty much doing like you: GitHub + VS Code + Copy paste
With GitHub pages you can use Dev.to>settings>publishing from RSS pointed at the feed.xml.
Now it starts looking like there is a solution, at least for dev.to.
I was using iA Writer, but recently switched to Ulysses.
Typora is very similar to iA Writer and free
I was checking it, but I didn't like it. I've spent a month looking for a free md editor, but, like always, I've ended up paying for some niche feature, because it's "essential" for me :-D
Vim with:
To create new drafts, a short bash script: nn.sh
All Markdown files are store in a private Github repo. It includes notes, long form documents, blogposts drafts, and a journal.
My websites are Wordpress, so I use another short script that takes a blog draft, uploads it, and then files it away in an archive folder.
Everything runs on a VPS, so I can access it from any device. From my iPhone I use Working Copy for Git and IA Writer.
Nice! Thanks for posting this — you have helped my journey to vimmify anything and everything 😅
I've been planning to write up an article about the whole process, just haven't had time.
Running everything from a VPS is a game changer for me.
I write posts for my Jekyll-powered blog locally using VSCode and a couple markdown extensions, then I cross post them here. I host that blog with Github pages, so once I've published it it's pretty easy to paste the markdown here and simply point the images to my repo (much faster for me than using the built-in image uploader).
Codepens can be a little irritating to convert though, still looking for a better solution there.
Nathan, how do you point images to the repo? I presume they are relative paths in the original markdown. Do you have a script or do it by hand? And does GitHub mind?
Hey Max – when I'm writing markdown locally for my Jekyll-powered blog, I use relative links.
Since I use Github Pages for hosting, once I push my post to the repository, I can just grab the image links from the resulting webpage that's live on my blog. I do it by hand currently, but I still find it faster than using the Dev.to image upload utility.
Honestly, there is probably a better way. But it's worked well enough for me so far!
Tools I can totally rely on
My own work, that I can't really rely on that much
I have a question, though. How do I create more images, like custom Hero image and memes?
I really like and recommend Typora!
I write using amazing note taking app Bear for Mac. I then export it my post as
.mdfile, open it in MacDown to do final touches if needed and copy paste into dev.to editor :-)I use MWeb for the markdown file making/editing. I also use my own web site using GitHub pages and my own template engine using Svelte. You can read about it here: customct.com/#/tutorials/svelteweb...
Not sure if that helps but I created my own flat-file-cms typemill with a visual markdown editor. For RSS-Export you could create a little plugin (or create your own api-endpoint) ... :)
Maybe someone is interested: I created a plugin to crosspost articles to dev.to with the flat-file cms Typemill. Typemill uses markdown and the plugin makes use of the dev.to-Api. dev.to/trendschau/crosspost-to-dev...
I use VS code with few plugins so that all the content goes to my GitHub repo. Later, using rss feed I pull it to dev.to for cross post.
VSCode - A perfect setup for Github pages project
Mahendran ・ May 18 ・ 4 min read
I just write on Dev.to directly
I use notion.so and export it as markdown and post it on my GH pages site, then I will cross-post it here. I am thinking about automating it through the RSS feed setup.
Notion really helps me document and triage my ideas for both blogs and small side projects.
Images are one kind of issues for me to be able to easily post them. I am avoiding images whenever I can for this reason.
I love cowriters.app/, because it has a nice, clean interface. Most importantly, it requires you to write at least 200 words before publishing to their platform, meaning you can't just write garbage about some random topic.
I use StackEdit. It’s web based and shows a preview. It integrates with GitHub and all sorts of other things
I used the same! Much easier!
I've seen the link in dev.to to create a site from your content and wanted to reccomend it to others to get started. How is it?
I tend to write directly on the DEV editor or on VSCode, but I really want to streamline that process too 😟
I want it so bad that I have been working on a web editor that has everything I need to write without many complications. The first thing I wanted to get rid of is having to write in Markdown, so I have controls like these:
You can drop images directly and they get added with its respective Markdown. It also works for exporting as HTML.
Maybe we could chat and help each other :D
I'm not a DEV.TO writer (yet?) but when I write MD files I use VSCode, it's not that good tho. Sometimes I use Bear, but the best editor that I've ever tried, that's not even an editor, is Paper by Dropbox.
Do you have Grammarly Premium? If you do, do you find it useful?
I try to rely on what IDE plugins I can, but sometimes I switch completely over to a dedicated editor called MacDown, a mac-specific Markdown editor.
Oops, lots of other people do it, too.
I do my writing and authoring in markdown using a program called Highland 2.
I keep all my writing backed up in Dropbox, then I publish to wherever I need. My site is jekyll which is I believe the core of Dev.to as well. So I can easily export almost the same.
With a small tweak I wrote my first book using the same process.
You can also post to your own website and add the RSS feed to your dev.to account. It can auto publish here or manually
Roel, yes, this is probably the way to go.
I built my own:
dev.to/exampro/i-had-to-build-my-o...
Jupyter 📓 in a locally running JupyterHub, and fastpages (Jekyll) to publish them to GH pages. Then beam the posts via Atom feed to here.
I use Remarkable. It's really simple to use.
Vim.
Sorry not sorry.
The whole point of Markdown is that you can read it without an extra rendering step.
I’m surprised no one has mentioned notable
Vecode from my PC and forestry.io remotely or for quick notes that don't need a full editor.
waylonwalker.com/blog/forestry-io/
I write directly on the DEV.to editor :$
I've used marktext and notable. Both are FOSS and amazing tools to have!
write in visual code and copy paste, I also publish on our own site.
The key thing is to have the articles stored in our own repo over having it solely on dev.to
I normaly use stackedit. When i write i try to write for both medium and dev.to. what i do is, write first on medium and then export as a .md . After that use stackedit to fix issues and finalize it.
I tried and shared something new
📝 A way to create your own, multi device supported, cloud based markdown and note taking platform.
Tuna Çağlar Gümüş ・ Jan 11 ・ 3 min read