Documentation

Markdown is a simple markup language for formatting elements using only plaintext.

There’s a few advantages to it over WYSIWYG(What You See Is What You Get) editors such as Microsoft Word.

• Simple formatting. Spend time writing instead of fighting margins.
• No vendor lock in. If the program you’re using to display it disappears you still have your writing.
• Easy to version control.

Here are a few places to learn and reference:

• Interactive markdown tutorial
• Commonmark interactive tutorial
• Markdown Guide
• GitHub Markdown Guide

But the best way to learn it is to just use it!

Markdown Syntax Playground

Further Reading

• Manubot
• Make a README
• The four kinds of documentation, and why you need to understand what they are