Learning markdown

A simple markdown tutorial.

Why learn markdown?

Markdown is a simple langauge to learn. Here are several reasons to learn markdown:

• Create documentation: You can create markdown on various places, like GitHub
• Alternative to HTML: Instead of using HTML, you can use markdown with a framework like Jekyll.
• Easy to learn: Markdown is simple, with very few things to learn.

Quickstart Guide

Using Git (MacOS and Linux)

To create and edit this repo locally (on your computer), type the following into your command line/terminal:

cd ~
mkdir learn-markdown
cd learn-markdown
git init
git clone https://github.com/NSSK-organization/learn-markdown.git

To confirm you have succesfully cloned the repo, type

ls

If you see the names of several files (including one named README.md) you should be good to go! All you need is a markdown editor (there are lots of good ones for Linux and MacOS) and/or a text editor. Start here.

Using GitHub (Windows, Chromebook, MacOS, Linux)

GitHub comes with a pretty sweet markdown editor already built into it, so if you prefer, you can edit directly from there. Just make a fork of the repository and learn away! Start here.

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get started

Happy marking down!