Writing MDX#

MDX is a format that lets you seamlessly use JSX in your Markdown documents. You can import components, like interactive charts and embed them within your content. This makes writing long-form content with components a blast.

More details about MDX in the Official website.

An example react component inside markdown#

Below there is an example of a graphiql component directly imported inside the markdown

To show that component i just needed to write the following mdx

md
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import { MiniGraphiQL } from 'mini-graphiql'
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import { Box } from '@chakra-ui/core'
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export const query1 = \`
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{
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continents {
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code
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name
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}
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}
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\`
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<Box my='40px' borderRadius='lg' overflow='hidden' shadow='xl'>
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    <MiniGraphiQL url='https://countries.trevorblades.com' query={query1} />
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</Box>

Importing relative components#

The example below assumes we have an exported component named Button in a file named Button.jsx/Button.tsx located in the same folder as the .mdx file we are editing.

mdx
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---
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name: Hello world
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---
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import { Button } from './Button'
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# Hello world
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Hello, I'm still a mdx file, but now I have a button component !
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<Button
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    onClick={() => {
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        alert('You clicked me')
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    }}
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>
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    Click me
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</Button>

With MDX you can mix React Components or html-elements with regular markdown allowing you to either document your own components or create helper components that make documentation easier.