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Development Journey
Baivab Sarkar edited this page Apr 29, 2026
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This page documents the evolution of Markdown Viewer from its earliest prototype to the current professional release.
Markdown Viewer began as a lightweight Markdown parser. Over time, it matured into a full-featured editor and preview environment with a polished UI, robust performance, and advanced export and workflow tools.
| Version | Link | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Current | https://markdownviewer.pages.dev/ | The latest production build with the full feature set. |
| Original | https://a1b91221.markdownviewer.pages.dev/ | The initial prototype release. |
- UI & Experience: A refined split-view layout, responsive design, and theme support for modern workflows.
- Performance: Debounced rendering, efficient syntax highlighting, and optimized diagram handling for large documents.
- Feature Depth: Math, Mermaid diagrams, export tools, tabbed workflows, and GitHub import.
- Reliability & Safety: Sanitized HTML output and safer defaults for embedded content.
- Documentation & Transparency: Expanded wiki coverage, clearer data-handling notes, and detailed setup guidance.
- Both versions are client-side applications with no server-side data storage.
- Share links encode content directly into the URL hash.
- Release history and code changes are publicly visible on GitHub: