Basics of Markdown

Basics of Markdown

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What is Markdown ?

Markdown is a way of styling text on the web. It is a special type of syntax which is used to create project documentation. Using markdown syntax we create readme.md files that contains all the details of the project and we upload it on GITHub so that others can get an overview about the project.
Markdown is a just like regular text with some special characters like #, > and many more.

Now let us take a took at some of the important syntax

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฟ Headings

  # heading one
  ## heading two
  ### heading three
  #### heading four
  ##### heading five
  ###### heading six

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฟ Emphasis

    * Italics *
    _  Italics _
    ** Bold **
    __ Bold __

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฟ Lists

    Ordered Lists
    1. One
    2. Two
    3. Three
          1. One
          1. Two
          1. Three
    UnOrdered
    - One
    - Two
    - Three
          - Four
          - Five
    [Text](link)

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฟ Images

  ![Image](image-link or image-path)

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฟ BlockQuotes

    > Write something here
    > Write something also here

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฟ Straighline

  ---
  ***

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฟ Fenced Code Block

//some javascript code
function greet(){
  console.log('Hello There');
}

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฟ Emoji

  :+1:
  :tada: 
  :sparkles:

๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿฟ Tables

  First Column | Second Column
  ------------- | ----------------
  Column 1 cell 1 | Column 2 cell 1
  Column 1 cell 2 | Column 2 cell 2

This is all about the basics syntax of markdown. Hope you enjoyed the cheatSheet . Happy Coding :)

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