What is Markdown?
Markdown is a lightweight markup language that you can use to add formatting elements to plaintext text documents. Created by John Gruber in 2004, Markdown is now one of the world’s most popular markup languages.
Markdown file always has an extension of .md or .markdown
There are many tools available online for previewing the markdown, One of them is created by me which is available on our site > Markdown Previewer
Headings
To give heading in Markdown we use the '#' symbol. In markdown, the heading is divided into six different types as in HTML from h1 to h6.
# PrahladInala - H1
## PrahladInala - H2
### PrahladInala - H3
#### PrahladInala - H4
##### PrahladInala - H5
###### PrahladInala - H6
Output :
Alternative
PrahladInala - H1
===============
PrahladInala - H2
---------------
Output :
Formatting Text
Bold Text
We can use ** OR __ to make our text bold.
**Prahlad Inala**
__Prahlad Inala__
Output:
Italic Text
We can use * OR _ to make our text Italic.
*Prahlad Inala*
_Prahlad Inala_
Output:
Blockquote
We use greater than symbol to write Blockquotes.
> blockquote
Output:
Code
We can use ` OR ``` to write code
`
print("hello")
`
Output:
Lists
Ordered Lists
We use numbers to write ordered lists
1. First item
2. Second item
1. First SubItem
2. Second SubItem
3. Third item
Output:
Unordered Lists
We use * / - and space to write unordered lists
- First item
- Second item
- First SubItem
* Second SubItem
- Third item
* First item
* Second item
- First SubItem
* Second SubItem
* Third item
Horizontal Line
We use --- to draw a horizontal Line
---
Output
Links
[Checkout Out Site](https://www.prahladinala.com)
Output:
Images
Output:
ALTERNATIVE TEXT alias alt text is shown when failure to fetch an image OR when fetching an image fails
Output:
Table
| Sno| Project Name|
| ----------- | ----------- |
| 1. | Portfolio Website|
| 2. | Ecommerce Website|
Output:
This post covers all the basics of Markdown. Hope this article will help you in creating the markdown for your next project.