What is Markdown

Markdown is a plain text formatting syntax aimed at making writing for the internet easier.

Commonly used in Github by Developers as readme.md file to give brief about the project functionalities and description.

File Extension (.md or . markdown)

filename.md

Let's start with some common elements

• Heading(#)

  "#" symbol is used to define 'Headings' in a markdown document.

  # Heading 1 
  ## Heading 2
  ### Heading 3
  

• Bold text

  double asterisk "**" symbol is used to define 'Bold text'.

  **bold text**

• Italic text

  single asterisk "*" symbol is used to define 'Italic text'.

  *Italicized text*

• Blockquote

  For blockquote we use ' >' .

> Text

Lists

• Ordered List

  For the ordered lists we can simply use numbers.

Example:-

1. One 
2. Two 
3. Three

Output

1. One
2. Two
3. Three

• Un Ordered List

  For the Unordered lists, we can simply use '-' symbol.

Example:-

- Cat 
- Dog 
- Pig

Output

• Cat
• Dog
• Pig

Links

[Google] (https://www.google.com "Click here to jump into google ")

Output

[Google] (google.com "Click here to jump into google ")

To add Image

![LearnCodeOnline] (https://learncodeonline.in/mascot.png "Title")

Output