What is markdown?

• Lightweight markup language
• Can be converted into HTML/XHTML and other formats
• It's main purpose is readability and ease of use

What is it used for?

• Readme Files(GitHub, etc)
• Forums and Blogs
• Used in may static site generators

Some basic things you can format

Headings   Blocks of Code

Lists            Images

Emphasis    Blockquotes

Links           Horizontal Rules

Headings

# H1 Heading
## H2 Heading
### H3 Heading
#### H4 Heading
##### H5 Heading
###### H6 Heading

H1 Heading

H2 Heading

H3 Heading

H4 Heading

H5 Heading

H6 Heading

Italics

*This text is in italics*

_This text_ is in italics

This text is in italics

This text is in

Strong

 **This text is in strong**

__This text__ is in strong

This text is in italics

This text is in italics

Strikethrough

~~This text~~ is strikethough

This text is strikethough

Horizontal Rule

---

show speacial character

\*This text is in italics\*

*This text is in italics*

Blockquotes

> This is a Quote

This is a Quote

[https://www.sanamdeep.dev](https://www.sanamdeep.dev)

https://www.sanamdeep.dev

show title on hover

[https://www.sanamdeep.dev](https://www.sanamdeep.dev "sanamdeep.dev")

[https://www.sanamdeep.dev](https://www.sanamdeep.dev "sanamdeep.

Unordered Lists

* Item 1
  * Item 1.1
    * Item 1.1.1
* Item 2
  * Item 2.1
    * Item 2.1.1

• Item 1
  • Item 1.1
  • Item 1.1.1
• Item 2
  • Item 2.1
  • Item 2.1.1

Ordered List

1. Item
    1. Item1.1
        1. Item 1.2
2. Item 2
    1. Item 2.1
        1. Item 2.1.1

1. Item
   1. Item1.1
      1. Item 1.2
2. Item 2
   1. Item 2.1
      1. Item 2.1.1

Blockquotes

`<p>This is a paragraph</p>`

<p>This is a paragraph</p>

Images

![Markdown Logo](https://markdown-here.com/img/icon256.png)

GitHub markdown

Code Blocks

```bash
npm install
```

npm install

```javascript
function add(num1, num2) {
return num1 + num2;
}
```

  function add(num1, num2) {
    return num1 + num2;
  }

```python
def add(num1, num2):
return num1 + num2
```

  def add(num1, num2):
    return num1 + num2

Tables

| Name    |  Email   |
| ----    |  ------  |
| John Doe | john@gmail.com |
| Jane Doe | john@gmail.com |

Task Lists

* [x] Task 1 completed
* [x] Task 2 completed
* [ ] Task 3 not completed

• [x] Task 1 completed
• [x] Task 2 completed
• [ ] Task 3 not completed