Markdown

Markdown is a markup language.

A Markdown application converts Markdown-formatted text to HTML.

Dillinger is an online Markdown editor with preview capability.

Basic Markdown Syntax

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5

Heading 6

Alt Heading 1

Alt Heading 2

Best Practices

Always put a space after the #
Always put a blank line before and after the heading.
Use a blank line between texts to create a paragraph.
Use 2+ spaces and a to create a line break.
Or use <br> to create a line break.

Italic, Bold, and Code

itatic
bold
bold and italic

code

Code blocks are indented 4 space or 1 tab. If the code block is inside a list, then indent by 8 spaces or 2 tabs.

if True:
    print("Hello, World!")

Blockquotes

Header

Make sure to put blank lines before and after blockquotes.

Nested blockquotes

Lists

Ordered Lists

first
second
third

Unordered List

first

This is indented by 1 tab or 4 spaces.
second
- nested item
third

This is an indented blockquote.

Can use -, +, or * as the symbol for a list item.

Extended Markdown Syntax

(Not available everywhere)

==highlight==

highlight

Fenced Code Block with Syntax Highlighting

p.invert {
  background-color: blue;
  color: white;
}

p.invert {
  background-color: blue;
  color: white;
}