TIL: Default code block languages for mkdocs
Read OriginalThis article explains how to configure Mkdocs with Material theme to set default programming languages for code blocks. By adding pymdownx.highlight extension to mkdocs.yml with default_lang: python, all unspecified code blocks automatically use Python syntax highlighting, improving documentation consistency.
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