Markdown is a lightweight markup language that you can use to add formatting elements to plaintext text documents. Created by John Gruber in 2004, Markdown is now one of the world’s most popular markup languages.
A Mark up language is acomputer language that consists of easily understood keywords, names, or tags that help format the overall view of a page and the data it contains. Some examples of a markup language.
Bold text : add ** before and after text
Example— here
Italics : add * before and after text
Example— here
Bold and italics : add *** before and after text
here
strikethrough : add ~~ before and after text
Example— here
Header : add #(space)Header or ##(space)header or ###(space)header and like so.
Examples —
Here or
here or
here or
here
Line break add * * * or _ _ _ or - - -
Examples—
Quote by adding > before text.
This is a quote
Markdown is a lightweight markup language that you can use to add formatting elements to plaintext text documents.
Nested blockquotes add > and >>
This is a quote
Markdown is a lightweight markup language that you can use to add formatting elements to plaintext text documents.
Start a new paragraph by adding > in-between lines
Example
First paragraph
2nd paragraph
Lists:
Ordered List : add numbers followed by periods
Example
- Rice
- Beans
- Yam
Unordered list : add + or -
Example
- Goat
- Fish
- Cow