Add code to your medium article GitHub Gist

A quick way to insert code for your medium stories.

Easiest of all is to embed your code ``` . This allows embedding your code as :

//Your code
def hello_world():
    print('hello world')

Make sure you press enter so that you see the below symbol before you start typing ```

But this approach would get tricky if you are embedding code which needs an indentation. Hence we can use Github gist.

1. Go to https://gist.github.com.
2. Add your code in the gist.
3. On your top right you will see the

4. Click on Embed drop down and select Share , this should give you an url something like

https://gist.github.com/akhilanandbv003/fd4f3898bb7b9c36f7b9a8c198e01548```

Paste it in your article and press enter. Hazzaaa!!

Hope this helps!