Overview

This cheat sheet will help any new user to understand the basic syntax and quick overview of Markdown. In this article, you'll learn what markdown is and how to use it.

What is Markdown?

Markdown is a lightweight markup language like HTML, for creating formatted text. To start with markdown you need to simply save your text file with .md extension and then you can use markdown syntax to write content using editor like Visual Studio Code, Atom, Sublime Text, Notepad, Notepad++, which support markdown. A good example would be a blog post or a git README file, even you know what hashnode also support Markdown for writing article and blogs. So keep clam and let's start learning more about Markdown.

Basic Syntax

Below I'm listing down the basic syntax of Markdown which will make easy to understand how to use them.

Element	Syntax	Output
Header	# header 1 ## header 2 ### header 3 #### header 4	header 1 header 2 header 3 header 4
Bold	** Bold ** OR __ Bold__	Bold
Italic	* Italic * OR _Italic_	Italic
Strikethrough	~~ Strikethrough ~~	Strikethrough
Blockquote	> Blockquote	Blockquote
Unordered List	- item1 - item2	item1 item2
Ordered List	1. item1 2. item2	item1 item2
Code	` print("Hello Markdown!") `	print("Hello Markdown!")
Horizontal Rule	---
Link	[Link](markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/#links)	Link
Image	
Task List	- [x] Write the press release - [ ] Update the website - [ ] Contact the media
Highlight	This is all you need to do to get ==highlighted text==	This is all you need to do to get highlighted text
Emoji	That is so funny! :joy:	That is so funny! 😂
Subscript	H~2~O	H 2 O
Superscript	X^2	X2

Conclusion

Thanks a lot for reading and hope now you know how to create an awesome README for your next project. For more information please checkout the official MarkDown Guide site. And don't forget to hit a 👍 if you find this article helpful. Happy learning! 🎉