How can I show code in a website using HTML? Basically, I have a C++ program that I\'d like to share on my website and I want to show it in the page.
Is there anyway to
HTML includes a tag called <code>, which is meant for the purpose you describe.
The spec even includes an example class name convention to indicate which language the code is in:
<pre><code class="language-pascal">var i: Integer;
begin
i := 1;
end.</code></pre>
I don’t know of any web browser that supports such a convention (come on, Chrome), but the JavaScript syntax highlighters mentioned in other answers could use it to work their magic.
As you can see in the example, the <code>
tag is usually wrapped in the <pre>
tag, which preserves white space, which is often important for code.
You can use SyntaxHighlighter. It will unobtrusively enhance code samples on your page with specific syntax highlighting for a wide range of languages.
Here's an example for C++
<head>
<link href="css/shCore.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
<link href="css/shThemeDefault.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>
<body>
<pre class='brush: cpp'>
// my first program in C++
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main ()
{
cout << "Hello World!";
return 0;
}
</pre>
<script src="js/shCore.js"></script>
<script src="js/shBrushCpp.js"></script>
<script>
SyntaxHighlighter.all()
</script>
</body>
There are various syntax highlighters out there. Google Code Prettify is a pretty good one. (Good enough for Stack Overflow to use, anyway.)