Markdown (.md) 101

Markdown is a lightweight markup language just like HTML (yeah markdown is a markup language) which is used to create formatted text in within a plain-text editor.

This is an example of what you can do with markdown files

Headings

You can use # to create headings, the number of hashes indicates level of heading (from 1 to 6).

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3
#### Heading 4
##### Heading 5
###### Heading 6

Emphasis

To italicize or make text bolder use the following format.

*Italic text* or _Italic text_

**Bold text** or __Bold text__

**_Bold and italic text_**

Lists

Use asterisks, plus signs, or hyphens to create unordered lists.

Unordered Lists - 
* Milk
* Fruits
  * Apple
  * Banana

- Oil
- Veggetables
  - Tomato*
  - Carrot*

Ordered List -
1. First item
2. Second item
   1. Subitem 1
   2. Subitem 2

Links

To create hyperlinks, use square brackets for the text and parentheses for the URL.

[Must Try This Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvFZjo5PgG0)

Images

The syntax for images is similar to links, but with an exclamation mark in front.

![Alt text](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.h6u6RkZ4xHd0LVLhWyYUSQHaF_?w=640&h=518&rs=1&pid=ImgDetMain)

Blockquotes

Use the > symbol to create blockquotes, which are useful for highlighting quotes.

> This is a blockquote.

Code

For inline code, wrap the text in backticks. For code blocks, use triple backticks or indent the code with four spaces.

`Inline Code`

For multiline code, wrap the code in triple backticks. You can also specify the languages.

```python
age = 20
print("Age: ", age)
```

Horizontal Rule

You can create a horizontal rule by using three or more dashes, asterisks, or underscores on a new line.

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Tables

To create tables, use pipes (|) to separate columns and dashes to create headers.

| Header 1 | Header 2 |
|----------|----------|
| Row 1    | Row 2    |
| Row 3    | Row 4    |

Template

Use the following template to try all of them at once, paste this markdown code in a .md file.

# Heading

> A little blockquote

This is a _paragraph_.

## Smaller Heading

This is a [Link](https://link/to/site)

![Image]('./assets/dog.png')

---

| Header 1 | Header 2 |
|----------|----------|
| Mello    | Hello    |
| Bellow   | Kello    |

---

Use this command to make a directory `mkdir dir_name`.

This is a **Hello World** code in C.

```c
#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
  printf("Hello, World!!");
  return 0;
}
```
List of programming languages - 
1. C Programming
2. C++
3. C#
4. Python
5. Java
6. Ruby
7. Javascript
8. PHP
9. more...

If you are fan of making online notes then this is really helpful as it allows you to have emphasis, images, links, headings, tables and all easily and make better notes.

There is more to this which can be covered things like mathematical notations and graphs, but that is to be covered in future.

Thanks for your time~