How to use code highlighting and checking in markdown?

Question

In writing markdown files, I may use code blocks with ``` and `. Is there a way I can use code highlighting and checking on just the code blocks inside markdown files?

Answer 1

If you use default markdown filetype which is bundled with vim (tpope's markdown):

1. make sure you have let g:markdown_fenced_languages = ['dart', 'python', 'ruby', 'go'] in your vimrc. This is the list of vim filetypes to be highlighted in markdown. Of course, your list would be different.
2. in your markdown file use code blocks with filetypes.

Example:

```python
def hello():
    print("hello world")
```