Code in Content: Using Dynamic, Interactive Elements in your Technical Writing
summary
Claims that embedding runnable code into markdown improves learning by making examples concrete, and shows two real toolchains: MDX (JSX components inside markdown) and Markdoc (tag schema with author validation). A documentation rebuild adds live API calls to reference pages using an open API spec and a Redly-powered playground; it works and unexpectedly pulls PMs and VPs into hands‑on evaluation. Notes practical tradeoffs: accessibility failures, runtime breakage from removed props in MDX, and ongoing maintenance.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:50Modern docs evolution
- 7:48Interactive elements best practices
- 10:56Code in content
- 14:07Interactive learning
- 21:39Markdown and MDX
- 23:27Custom interactive elements
- 31:59Future of technical writing
- 33:44Q&A
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