Intro
Markdown is a Markup language. Yeah. Weird. Let's understand what it means. Markdown language is used create a formatted text document using particular syntax like a markup language like HTML. Let's look at few most commonly used markdown syntax.
Headings
"#" tag is used create headings. We can have up-to 6 levels of headings just like HTML.
Note: There should a space between the tag and the line itself, Like
# Heading
Heading 1
Heading 2
Heading 3
Heading 4
Line breaks
We can use two or more spaces or br tag
lorem Ipsum line 1 <br>
lorem Ipsum line 2
//some more lines
Bold and Italics
We can wrap text with asterisk to italicize a word and double asterisk to bold them.
This a **bold** text
This is *Italics*
//some more lines
Lists
There are two types of lists :
Ordered list:
- ordered list
- ordered list
Unordered list:
- item 1
- item 2
Block quotes
Single line block quote
We can create block quotes by adding (>) in front of paragraph.
This is an example of single block quote.
Multiple line block quote
We can create multiple line block quote by adding the same (>), on blank lines in between paragraph
This is an example of multiple line block quote.
Line 2
Nested block quote
Block quotes can be nested. Add a >> in front of the paragraph you want to nest.
This is an example of
nested line block quote.
Code Blocks
To create code blocks, indent every line of the block by at least four spaces or one tab.
const whatIsThis = () => {
console.log("Code block");
};
Links
To create a link, enclose the link text in brackets (e.g., [test link]) and then follow it immediately with the URL in parentheses or a tag itself.
Images
You can add images by either  or img tag itself
Conclusion
This is my few words on markdown language.,Hope this help you to understand markdown language.