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Showing how much better Gists look than Medium code blocks.

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Aalexfinnarn
Last edited May 6, 2018
Created on May 4, 2018

This example highlights the visual superiority of GitHub Gists over Medium’s code blocks by presenting a shell script that conditionally runs Behat tests. The code checks whether a Travis CI push event or a JavaScript commit triggers the test suite, using environment variables and the Behat testing framework. The gist’s clean syntax highlighting and line numbering make the conditional logic immediately readable, whereas Medium’s plain styling obscures the script’s flow. It demonstrates how gist embeds preserve code clarity for technical audiences.

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