Markdown
What is Markdown?
Markdown is a lightweight and easy-to-use syntax for styling all forms of writing on the GitHub platform.
Markdown is a way to style text on the web. You control the display of the document; formatting words as bold or italic, adding images, and creating lists are just a few of the things we can do with Markdown.
Markdown Basic Syntax
| Syntax | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| ’#’ - “######’ | We can create a heading by adding (‘#’) in front of a word or phrase. The number of ‘#’ you use will determine the size of the heading. | |
| ** ** or __ __ | To bold text, add two ** or __ before and after a word or phrase | |
| * * or _ _ | To italicize text, add one * or _ before and after a word or phrase | |
| 1. 2. 3. | To create an ordered list, add line items with numbers followed by periods. | |
| ’-‘, ‘*’, ‘+’ | To create an unordered list, add (-), (*) or (+) in front of the line items. | |
[Link Text](URL) |
Link text is enclosed by square brackets [], and the link URL is enclosed by parentheses (). | |
[Alt Text](image.jpg) |
To add an image, add an exclamation mark ‘!’, followed by alt text in [], and the path or URL to the image asset in () | . |