Markdown

John Gruber created the Markdown language in 2004 in collaboration with Aaron Swartz on the syntax,[2][3] with the goal of enabling people

"to write using an easy-to-read and easy-to-write plain text format, optionally convert it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML)"

Articles about Markdown

• [ ] Wikipedia
• [ ] What is Markdown?
• [ ] Markdown Live Preview

Reasons to Learn Markdown

1. Easy to write
2. You can quickly become an expert
3. As a programmer you will use it every day

An image in Markdown and HTML

![Image](Icon-pictures.png "icon")

    <img alt="Image" title="icon" src="Icon-pictures.png" />
    

An link in Markdown and HTML

A link in Markdown [Markdown Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown)
vs.
A link in HTML <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown" Markdown Wiki </a>

Basics of Markdown

• Heading - h1 # Heading H1
• Heading - h2 ## Heading H2
• Heading - h3 ### Heading H3
• Heading - h4 #### Heading H4
• Heading - h5 ##### Heading H5
• Heading - h6 ###### Heading H6
• Paragraphs are separated by a blank line.
• Two spaces at the end of a line produces a line break.
• Text attributes italic
• Bold bold
• A line of code is surrounded by tick marks `monospace` monospace
• Horizontal rule: ---
• Unordered list:

  * apples
      * oranges
      * pears
    

• Numbered list:

  1. wash
      2. rinse
      3. repeat
    

• A link `example` [example](http://example.com)
• An image `` ![heart](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8477753a58b0b531ddd64f1421548d4f?s=49&d=mm&r=g "heart icon")
• blockquote > Markdown uses email-style > characters for blockquoting

Markdown uses email-style > characters for blockquoting

• Inline \HTML\ is supported ```