reading-notes

Class 1 - Learning Markdown

Headings

• Headings can be identified using # through ######
• # is the largest heading while ###### is the smallest
• There must be a space after the #, and leave a blank line before/after the heading text

Text Decorations

• Add a * before/after text (without a space) to make it italic
• Add a ** before/after text (without a space) to make it bold
• Add a *** before/after text (without a space) to make it bold and italic.

Block Quotes

• Use a > to make a block quote

  Like this

  You can even have nested Block Quotes by using >>

Lists

1. Start an ordered list using a number 1. 2. etc.
2. Like this
   1. And nest them with an ident
   2. Like this
3. The numbers you use doesn’t matter, Markdown will list them sequentially

• Start an unordered list using a *, +, or -
• Like this

Images

• Input an image using ![Name of image](/file location)

• I don’t know how to resize it yet…

Code

• Input code using backticks to make the text appear as code
• If the text you want to denote as code includes one or more backticks, you can escape it by enclosing the text in double backticks (code)

Horizontal Rules

• Create a horizontal line by using *** or --- on its own line

Links

• To create a link, enclose the link text in brackets and then follow it immediately with the URL in parentheses
• [Google](https://www.google.com)
• Google
• To quickly turn a URL or email address into a link, enclose it in angle brackets
• <https://www.google.com>
• https://www.google.com