Markdown is a lightweight markup language for creating documents on the web. Markdown is written in regular plain text with a few special characters for styling the document. Its design allows it to be converted to many output formats, but markdown files are usually rendered in HTML by a Markdown parser which converts Markdown files into HTML. Markdown is quickly becoming the writing standard for technical professionals, writers, scientists, academics, etc; because markdown files can easily be accessed across various devices and platforms. Markdown is often used to format readme files, for writing messages in online discussion forums, and to create rich text using a plain text editor. On GitHub markup is been used to style documents in places like *Gists *Comments in Issues and Pull Requests *Files with the .md or .markdown extension Examples The following are examples of markdown styles: ## Headers # This is an h1 tag Code ``` # This is an h1 tag ``` ### This is an h3 tag Code ``` ### This is an h3 tag ``` ###### This is an h6 tag Code ``` ###### This is an h6 tag ``` ## Emphasis *This text will be italic* ``` *This text will be italic* ``` _This will also be italic_ ``` _This will also be italic_ ``` **This text will be bold** ``` **This text will be bold** ``` __This will also be bold__ ``` __This will also be bold__ ``` _You **can** combine them_ You can combine them ``` _You **can** combine them_ You can combine them ``` ## Lists **Unordered** * Item 1 * Item 2 * Item 2a * Item 2b ``` * Item 1 * Item 2 * Item 2a * Item 2b ``` **Ordered** 1. Item 1 1. Item 2 1. Item 3 1. Item 3a 1. Item 3b ``` 1. Item 1 1. Item 2 1. Item 3 1. Item 3a 1. Item 3b ``` ## Images  ```  ``` ## Links http://github.com - automatic! [GitHub](http://github.com) ``` http://github.com - automatic! [GitHub](http://github.com) ``` ## Blockquotes As Kanye West said: > We're living the future so > the present is our past ``` As Kanye West said: > We're living the future so > the present is our past ``` ## Inline code I think you should use an `<addr>` element here instead ``` I think you should use an `<addr>` element here instead ``` ## GitHub Flavored Markdown GitHub.com uses its own version of the Markdown syntax that provides an additional set of useful features, many of which make it easier to work with content on GitHub.com ## Username @mentions Typing an @ symbol, followed by a username, will notify that person to come and view the comment. This is called an “@mention”, because you’re mentioning the individual. You can also @mention teams within an organization. ## Tables You can create tables by assembling a list of words and dividing them with hyphens - (for the first row), and then separating each column with a pipe |: First Header | Second Header ------------ | ------------- Content from cell 1 | Content from cell 2 Content in the first column | Content in the second column ``` First Header | Second Header ------------ | ------------- Content from cell 1 | Content from cell 2 Content in the first column | Content in the second column ``` **Read more on GitHub Flavored Markdown:** https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/#GitHub-flavored-markdown/ Get the code for this article here: https://github.com/sambonuruddeen/hng_task1 **Happy Coding!** **References** https://markdownlivepreview.com/ https://www.markdowntutorial.com/ https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/ https://developers.google.com/tech-writing/one/markdown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown