Markdown

What is MArkdown....??

   MArkdown is a text to HTML conversion tool.  It allows to write the text on a easy to read and easy to write plain text with some defined syntax and the text would be converted to a structurally valid HTML page. 

 

In this blog post we are discussing markdown syntax for plain text formatting 

The below screen shot would provide an idea of it.

In the above figure, the first column shows the markdown syntax, while the second column is the corresponding HTML format. The display on the browser is shown in the third column.

 NOTE If you can't do something in markdown, then you can easily switch back and forth between Markdown and HTML within one document

Markdown Syntax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.Md Files

 

The files written with Markdown syntax are saved on .md files

Markdown formatted documents or .md files are publishable as it is (plain text)

.Md files are not only useful as an easy replacement for HTML documentation, but also for source code version control systems like GitHub. The reason for this is that files can be compared with historical versions.  

A file called README.md is present in GitHub, popular version control system, which contains details if the project (how to install the program, how to use its functions and basically what it does) , written in markdown syntax

 

References

 https://www.shopify.com/partners/blog/86763270-what-is-markdown-syntax