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OSD600 - Enhancing Siteit’s markdown features

About Siteit

Siteit is a CLI tool that can .txt and .md files into HTML. Read more about Siteit here or check out the GitHub repo.

New Features

Over a week ago, my peer implemented initial markdown support to bolster Siteit’s existing SSG capabilities. This week, I am to add new markdown features to the repo.

Feature #1

I started by filing an issue regarding Siteit’s lack of ability to process code blocks. Then I began by implementing its source code and frequently committing it to a new git branch. After thoroughly testing my work, I pushed the changes to GitHub.

Feature #2

I filed another issue regarding Siteit’s lack of ability to add Horizontal Rule in rendered HTML. Then I implemented the code, tested it, and pushed the changes to GitHub.

Outcome

Users can now supply a markdown file containing lines of source code enclosed within a pair of backticks.
When Siteit is processing markdown files and encounters lines containing an instance of a backtick, followed by some text and one or more backticks, it will accurately render the text within a pair of <code>…</code> blocks. Furthermore, instances of --- in markdown files are rendered as <hr> in generated HTML.

Overall it was fun to practice several features of Git while adding new features to Siteit.

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