Copy and Paste Minimal Dependencies
1 min readApr 10, 2020
Sometimes less is more
Dependency management is one of the most complex and onerous parts of programming. One issue that makes it complex, is that all the different dependencies will have different versions, and each has their own process for releasing new versions, etc. Sometimes these updates are critical, like security threats.
Another option is to simply minimize dependencies altogether. That was my goal with this project: Simple Markdown Example
Sometimes you don’t actually need to do as much as you think you do. Minimalism works very well if your goals are more abstract than concrete.
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/\n+\n(?=[^#\n])/g, "\n\n<p>", /\n+\n/g, "\n",
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/(\n|^)## (.*)/g, "\n<h1 id=\"$2\">$2</h2>",
/(\n|^)### (.*)/g, "\n<h2 id=\"$2\">$2</h3>",
/(\n|^)#### (.*)/g, "\n<h3 id=\"$2\">$2</h3>", /(\n|^)##### (.*)/g, "\n<h4 id=\"$2\">$2</h4>",
/(\n|^)###### (.*)/g, "\n<h5 id=\"$2\">$2</h5>", /__([^_\n]*)__/g, "<b>$1</b>",
/\*\*([^_\n]*)\*\*/g, "<b>$1</b>",
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