react.dev/_js/examples/markdown.js

var MARKDOWN_COMPONENT = `
var converter = new Showdown.converter();

var MarkdownEditor = React.createClass({
  getInitialState: function() {
    return {value: 'Type some *markdown* here!'};
  },
  handleChange: function() {
    this.setState({value: this.refs.textarea.getDOMNode().value});
  },
  render: function() {
    return (
      <div className="MarkdownEditor">
        <h3>Input</h3>
        <textarea
          onChange={this.handleChange}
          ref="textarea"
          defaultValue={this.state.value} />
        <h3>Output</h3>
        <div
          className="content"
          dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{
            __html: converter.makeHtml(this.state.value)
          }}
        />
      </div>
    );
  }
});

React.render(<MarkdownEditor />, mountNode);
`;

React.render(
  <ReactPlayground codeText={MARKDOWN_COMPONENT} />,
  document.getElementById('markdownExample')
);