What is Markdown good for? Think of it has a way to write HTML without the messy confusing HTML syntax. Markdown is a simple set of rules that is converted into valid HTML. Some examples are GitHub Repository README and how I write these blog posts.

The following is a quick overview of the most common Markdown syntax.

Headers

# Level one header

## Level two header

### Level three header

… Up to six hashes are supported

I would show an example, but it doesn’t work well because I’m already using Markdown for this blog post!

Links

[This is a link](http://www.darkzeroman.github.io)

This is a link

Lists

Unordered Lists

Use any of the following: *, +, -

1
2
3

* Item 1
* Item 2
* Item 3

• This
• is
• a list

Ordered Lists

Ordered lists use number followed by period.

1
2

1. with
2. numbers

1. with
2. numbers

Formatting/Emphasis

_italic_ or *italic*

italic

__bold__ or **bold**

bold

More Resources:

• Full Markdown Syntax Document