While writing the new dash-extensions documentation page, I wanted to be able to mix text (markdown) with interactive examples (i.e. running Dash code). To fulfill this need, I have setup a tool chain that parses markdown text into Dash component trees. In addition to standard markdown syntax, a custom interpretation of the directive syntax extension makes it possible to embed Dash code blocks and/or applications (including callbacks). The resulting package has been dubbed dash-down inspired by @AnnMarieW 
To give a taste of how it works, the following markdown file,
## Lottie
The `Lottie` component makes it possible to run [Lottie animations](https://lottiefiles.com/) in Dash. Here is a small example,
.. dash-proxy:: components.lottie
.. api-doc:: dash_extensions.Lottie
is rendered into this page (as you might have guessed, the Python code resides in the components/lottie.py),
If you are interested, you can learn more on the GitHub page 
