Markdown 101

Markdown 101

WHAT IS MARKDOWN?

Markdown is a lightweight markup language for creating formatted text using a plain-text editor.When you create a Markdown-formatted file, you add Markdown syntax to the text to indicate which words and phrases should look different.

WHY USE MARKDOWN?

There are several reasons why markdowns are really popular , some of which include :

  • It's really easy. The syntax for markdown is really simple.
  • It lets you focus on the content rather than the shape and therefore is faster.
  • It can be used for everything, markdowns can be easily used for websites, documents, notes, books, presentations, email messages, and technical documentation.
  • It is portable. Files containing Markdown-formatted text can be opened using virtually any application.
  • It is platform-independent. You can create Markdown-formatted text on any device running any operating system.
  • It doesn't break.

MARKDOWN CHEAT SHEET:

Here, I have put together a really easy and simple cheat sheet to help you understand it better!

ELEMENTMARKDOWN SYNTAXOUTPUT
BOLD**Bold**
__Bold__
Bold
ITALICS*Italics*
_Italics_
Italics
STRIKETHROUGH~~strike~~image.png
ORDERED LIST1.One
2.Two
3.Three
image.png
UNORDERED LIST- One
- Two
- Three
image.png
BACKQUOTE>Backquoteimage.png
CODE BLOCKimage.pngimage.png
LINKS[Hello](https://www.example.com)Hello
IMAGE! [alt text](https://www.example.com)cinna
INLINE CODEimage.pngInline
HORIZONTAL LINE-- or ** or __
horizontal lines
-- or ** or __
image.png
HEADERS# Heading1
## Heading2
### Heading2
image.png
TABLEimage.pngimage.png

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