Quick Markdown Guide

Markdown is a lightweight markup language that you can use to add formatting elements to plaintext text documents. It is the standard on GitHub (README.md), technical blogs, and documentation.

The Basics

Headers

Use hashes (#) for titles: # H1 -> Main Title ## H2 -> Subtitle ### H3 -> Section

Emphasis

• Bold: **Text** or __Text__
• Italic: *Text* or _Text_
• Strikethrough: ~~Text~~

Lists

Unordered:

* Item 1
* Item 2
  * Sub-item

Ordered:

1. First step
2. Second step

Code

For inline code use backticks: `const a = 1;`.

For code blocks use three backticks:

```javascript function hello() { console.log(“World”); } ```

Links and Images

• Link: [Text](https://url.com)
• Image: ![Alt Text](/path/image.png)

Blockquotes

“Code is poetry executed by machines.”

Use > at the beginning of the line.

Markdown is incredibly simple yet powerful. Converting plain text to rich HTML without touching a single <div> tag is a superpower every dev should have.