How to use Markdown
This will teach you how to use Markdown 😁
Markdown is a plaintext language that allows users to make HTML like webpages with no coding required These markdown files are simple and easy to make, which make them great for blogs, personal websites, cookbooks, and manifestos alike!
Bold
to make a word bold, Simply surround each side of a word with (**) a double asterisk
Here is an **Example**
Here is an Example
Italics
Similar to bold, Surround each side of a word with (_) an underscore
very _simple_
very simple
These tricks can also span across multiple words To do both at the same time, place asterisks on the outside, and underscores on the inside
**_Like This_**
Like This
Headers
Headers are text of increased size, usually to denote different sections of a document
Header 1 (Largest)
Header 2
Header 3
Header 4
Header 5
Header 6 (Smallest)
Divider
You can add a divider by placing three hyphens on a single line —
Hyperlinks
inline Hyperlinks are simple to create
follows the format [] followed by (), brackets contain the word, while parentheses contain the URL for the link
[Checkout my website](javeronis.com)
Images
Images are similar to links; we just preface images with an exclamation mark (!)
Block Quotes
If you want to make a block quote you can prefix a string with (>) greater than
>"To be or not to be, that is the question"
“To be or not to be, that is the question”
Code Blocks
Code blocks, which I have been using throughout this paper, are written by placing four spaces before a line
It’s that simple
you can also code block multiple lines by using (~~~) three Squiggles
~~~
kind of
like
this
~~~
Also, surrounding a string in () single quotes
Lists
Lists are easy, each item in a line is prefixed with () an asterisk for sub-bullets, simply add three spaces before the ()
Things you need to make a grilled cheese sandwich 😩
* Bread
* Cheese
* 8mL of demon blood
* Butter
* Mayonnaise works too
- Bread
- Cheese
- 8mL of demon blood
- Butter
- Mayonnaise works too
You can also do numbered lists by prefixing a line with (n.) where n is the number in the list
five ten games
1. Tetris
2. Minecraft
3. Shrek 2 for the Gameboy
4. God
5. Tetris
- Tetris
- Minecraft
- Shrek 2 for the Gameboy 😎
- God
- Tetris
Emojis
You can actually use emojis in markdown by placing a special code between two colons (❌) 👍👍
A note on newlines
by default, markdown will not render the next line to a new line to fix this, place two spaces at the end of a line, to insert a new line. now, let’s rewrite this really quick
by default, markdown will not render the next line to a new line
to fix this, place two spaces at the end of a line, to insert a new line.
Congrats
You learned some fundamental concepts of the markdown language 👍