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# [Markdown for beginners](https://webdevsana.hashnode.dev/markdown-for-beginners?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Markdown Markdown is a lightweight markup language for creating formatted text using a plain-text editor. John Gruber and Aaron Swartz created Markdown in 2004 as a markup language that is appealing to human readers in its source code form. Markdown...

Jul 24, 2022 · 2 min read · webdevsana.hashnode.dev  
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[Daniel Brobäck](https://hashnode.com/@DanneBrob)

[Jul 24, 2022](https://hashnode.com/posts/markdown-for-beginners/62dce51a0da9857574b22c19/comment/62dd01e10da9857574b22fd1)

Great post! Thanks🏆