A Guide On Markdown Basics

A Guide On Markdown Basics

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This Markdown guide provides a quick overview of all the Markdown syntax elements Markdown is one of the best thing that has happened ever in the software industry useful to write brief description about a project or an article in general to support its idea so that anyone can view your project information in readable format and develop a general understanding about the features used in the project

Basic heading

    #Heading1          
    ## Heading2
    ### Heading3

Output will be as Follows

he.jpg

For Giving Bold Text

   **bold text**  _bold text_

Output

bold.jpg

For giving italicized text

    *italicized text* , _italicized text_

Output

itl.jpg

For Giving BlockQuote Text

It us used to cover the text in a certain styling useful to highlight anything in the markdown

    > blockquote

Output

blo.jpg

For Giving Ordered List

Lists out all the elements just like a normal Ordered list

        1. First item
        2. Second item
        3. Third item
        3.Fourth Item
        3.Fourth Item

Output

ol.jpg

Note that in Third ,Fourth ,Fifth Item all items index no is same but Markdown will calculate at as a seperate index

For Giving Unordered List

Random Collection of objects

        - First item
        - Second item
        - Third item

Output

ul.jpg

For Giving Horizontol Rule Line

    ---

Output

hl.jpg

StrikeThrough

Strikethrough a certain text useful when one wants to show discounted products price on site

~~The world is  flat~~

Output

st.jpg

Use of backticks

Useful to highlight certain words or highlight a specific code snippet in their native language

    This `code` is awesome

Output

co.jpg

Code Snippet Example

        ```
        {
          "firstName": "John",
          "lastName": "Smith",
          "age": 25
        }
        ```

Output Note that you can type the specific language after backticks in starting point in which the code is written it provides a nice visual highlighting rather than plain text

code.jpg

For Giving Links In Markdown

Highlighting specific links user wants to see more information about the topic upon clicking

    [Markdown Guide](https://www.markdownguide.org)

Output

mk.jpg

For Giving Images In Markdown

For giving images in markdown you just need to add ! before [ in the link syntax

  ![alt text](https://www.markdownguide.org/assets/images/tux.png)

Output

lin.jpg

For tables in markdown

Tables are not recomended Generally used rarely in markdown

        | Syntax | Description |
        | ----------- | ----------- |
        | Header | Title |
        | Paragraph | Text |

Output

tb.jpg


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