react-markdown how it works

React-markdown is a library that allows you to render Markdown content as React components. It works by parsing the Markdown content and converting it into a tree of React elements.

To use react-markdown, you first need to install it using npm or yarn:

npm install react-markdown

Then, you can import the library and use the <ReactMarkdown> component to render Markdown content:

import React from 'react';
import ReactMarkdown from 'react-markdown';

const markdownContent = `
# Hello, world!

This is some **Markdown** content rendered using ReactMarkdown.
`;

const App = () => {
  return (
    <div>
      <ReactMarkdown>{markdownContent}</ReactMarkdown>
    </div>
  );
};

export default App;

In the example above, the <ReactMarkdown> component is used to render the Markdown content stored in the markdownContent variable. The Markdown content is parsed and converted into React elements, which are then rendered on the screen.

React-markdown also allows you to customize the rendering of specific Markdown elements by providing a renderers prop with custom components for each type of Markdown element. This can be useful if you want to style or format certain elements differently.

Overall, react-markdown is a useful library for rendering Markdown content in React applications, making it easy to display formatted text without the need for additional HTML markup.