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Writing for the Web, Simplified

Markdown is a lightweight markup language that you can use to add formatting elements to plaintext text documents. Created by John Gruber in 2004, it is now one of the world's most popular markup languages.

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The Philosophy: Readability

The overriding design goal for Markdown's formatting syntax is to make it as readable as possible. The idea is that a Markdown-formatted document should be publishable as-is, as plain text, without looking like it's been marked up with tags or formatting instructions. Read the original Project Description.

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Headers

# H1
## H2
### H3

Emphasis

*Italic*
**Bold**
~~Strikethrough~~

Lists

- Item 1
- Item 2
1. Ordered 1
2. Ordered 2

Code

`inline code`
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block code
```
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Why Use Markdown?

  • Portable: You can open a Markdown file in any text editor.
  • Human-Readable: Even without rendering, you can understand the structure.
  • Ubiquitous: Used by GitHub, Reddit, Stack Overflow, and many CMS platforms.

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