Getting Started with Markdown

What is Markdown?

Markdown is a plain text formatting syntax aimed at making writing for the internet easier. Markdown is also a lightweight markup language with plain-text-formatting syntax.

John Gruber created the Markdown language in 2004 in collaboration with Aaron Swartz on the syntax, with the goal of enabling people to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML). Markdown is now one of the world’s most popular markup languages.

Syntax Guide

Headers

Any line which is prefixed with a # the symbol is converted into a heading. The number of hashes indicates the level of the heading. For example:

# This is an h1 tag
## This is an h2 tag
### This is an h3 tag
#### This is an h4 tag
##### This is an h5 tag
###### This is an h6 tag

Paragraphs

You need to use a blank line to create a new line and add the text in there.

This is the first paragraph

This is the second paragraph

This is the third paragraph

This is the fourth paragraph

Emphasis

Bold To make a text bold, you need to put Double Asterisk (**) or Double underscore(__)

**This is a bold statement**

__This is also a  bold statement__

Italic To make a text italics, you need to put Single Asterisk (*) or Single underscore(_)

*This is an italic statement*

_This is also an italic statement_

Note: You can also combine bold and italic in a text

***This text is boldly written***

I am **bold** not *italic*

Strikethrough

Strikethrough uses two tildes.

~Strikethrough here~

Lists

You can organize items into unordered and ordered lists.

Unordered Lists

There are three(3) ways to create unordered lists.

+ List 1
- List 2
* List 3

Ordered Lists

There are three(3) ways to create unordered lists.

1. List 1
1. List 2
1. List 3

Nested Lists

Unordered Lists

+ List 1
+ List 2
    * List 2a
    * List 2b
    * List 2c

**Ordered List**
1. List 1
1. List 2
1. List 3
    1. List 3.1
    1. List 3.2
    1. List 3.3

    

Links

To create a link, enclose the link text in brackets (e.g., [Twitter]) and then follow it immediately with the URL in parentheses (e.g., (https://Twitter.com)).

[Inline styling](https://twitter.com/)
[Inline styling with title](https://twitter.com/ "Twitter")
[reference-style][1]
[link text]

[1]: https://twitter.com/
[link text]: https://twitter.com/

Images

To add an image, add an exclamation mark (!), followed by alt text in brackets, and the path or URL to the image asset in parentheses. You can optionally add a title after the URL in the parentheses.

Images should have alternate text (alt-text)

![image](https://picsum.photos/200)
![image with title](https://picsum.photos/200 "random images")
![reference image][image]


[image]: https://picsum.photos/200

To create a blockquote, add a > in front of a paragraph.

> This is a blockquote

Blockquote can contain multiple paragraphs. Add a > on the blank lines between the paragraphs.

> This is a blockquote
> 
> This is another blockquote

Blockquotes can also be nested by adding >> in front of the paragraph you want to nest.

> This is a blockquote
> 
>> This is another blockquote

Line Breaks

To create a line, add <br> in front of a paragraph.

Hi, My name is Amycruz, <br> i love writing

Horizontal Rule

To create a horizontal rule, use three or more asterisks (***), dashes ( — -), or underscores (___) on a line by themselves.

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Code Blocks

To denote a word or phrase as code, enclose it in backticks (`).

const age = 10;
console.log(age)

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