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A lightweight markup language that you can use to add formatting elements to plaintext text documents. 1
Markdown can be used for everything. People use it to create websites, documents, notes, books, presentations, email messages, and technical documentation. 1
Markdown is portable. Files containing Markdown-formatted text can be opened using virtually any application. If you decide you don’t like the Markdown application you’re currently using, you can import your Markdown files into another Markdown application. That’s in stark contrast to word processing applications like Microsoft Word that lock your content into a proprietary file format. 1
Markdown is platform independent. You can create Markdown-formatted text on any device running any operating system. 1
Markdown is future proof. Even if the application you’re using stops working at some point in the future, you’ll still be able to read your Markdown-formatted text using a text editing application. This is an important consideration when it comes to books, university theses, and other milestone documents that need to be preserved indefinitely. 1
Markdown is everywhere. Websites like Reddit and GitHub support Markdown, and lots of desktop and web-based applications support it. 1
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Only use one ‘#’
Use the most ‘#’ in your document to start the header
It is best practice to use the ‘*’ rather than the ‘_’
You use brackets to encapsulate the title, and, without a space, put the URL in regular parathensis.
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