Welocme to MarkDown!

What is a Markup Language?

They're text encoding systems which specifies the structure and the formatting of a document

What is markdown?

MarkDown is a Markup Language,that is easy to read and is simple. Created by John Gruber in 2004. It has been really popular with different flavors like GFM (Github Flavored MarkDown). Today we will be learning Base MarkDown.

What is MarkDown file extension?

File Extension for MarkDown is .md

Paragraphs

Paragraphs are simple text.

E.g.

Potatoes are my favorite

To write on multiple lines you can give an empty gap between the two lines

E.g.

I love Potatoes.

They are awesome

Headings

Headings are like titles

There are 6 levels of headings

Heading one

written like this with 1 #: #Heading one

Heading two

written with 2 #: ##Heading two

Heading three

written with 3 #: ###Heading two

Heading four

written with 4 #: ####Heading two

Heading five

written with 5 #: #####Heading five

Heading six

written with 6 #: ######Heading six

Different Flavors of MarkDown

There're many differrent of MarkDown made for specific purpose

One of the most common is GFM.

Text Formats

Markdown has Bold, Italic, ~~crossed~~, highlight, _subscript, and ^superscript.

We can also make Bold Italic.

Bold

Use double asterisks **Bold** or double underscores __Bold__

Italic

Use single asterisk *Italic* or single underscore _Italic_

~~Crossed~~

Use ~~Crossed~~

Highlight

Use double equals sign ==Highlight==

_subscript

Use ~subscript~

^superscript

Use ^SuperScript^

Bold Italic

Use ***Bold*** or ___Bold___

Code

For stuff like codes. They are 2 types of code in MarkDown: Inline code and Code block.

Inline Code

With this symbol ` : `code`

Code Block example for C #include preprocessor

```

#include<>

```

And will output as:


        #include<>

For syntax Highlight

```C

#include<>

```

Images

To include images in a markdown file do:

Syntax

![text](imageUrl)

e.g.

![Example](Example.png)

Hyperlinks

To create hyperlinks (clickabke text that leads to an URL) follow:

[Example](www.example.com)

BlockQuotes

To create blockquotes:

>First Level of BlockQuote

>First level of BlockQuote in a newline

>>Second level of

>>>Last level if Blockquotes

Horizontal Rule

A line:

Text

---

Text

You can also replace --- with ___ or *** for same result.

Lists

Unordered Lists

To create unordered list (with dots-like) follow:

- This is an unordered list
- Pizza
- Dough
- Toppings
- Pepperoni
- Cheese
- Mozzarella
- Sauce
- Tomato

Ordered Lists

This is an ordered list (numbers):

1. I am an order List
2. Pizza
3. Pasta
and so on

Congratulations

You have completed the original MarkDown by John Gruber. Now test you skills.