Embed GitHub Gist in Medium
Embedding code to Medium has 2 means: use markdown style ``` or GitHub Gist. I’ll quickly explain both below.
Markdown Style
For smaller code snippet, this method is the easiest and most efficient, a general rule I found through trial and error is this method works best for code snippet less than 10 lines, and without much indentation.
def main():
print("hello world!")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
GitHub Gist
To embed GitHub gist, Medium made it super easy.
- Go to https://gist.github.com/
- Write out code gist
- On the top right corner, click Embed button and select Share
- Copy the share link and paste in Medium blog post
- PRESS Enter!!
The last step is super important since otherwise the blog post will show just the link without Medium automatically rendering the embedded link.
Conclusion
I prefer GitHub gist method because it’s more flexible for change and more suited for developers habit (we tend to be around in GitHub more)
References:
Medium Official Blog