Markdown is an easy-to-use markup language to add formatting elements (headings, bulleted lists, embedding images, etc.) to plain text without a formal text editor or HTML tags. Markdown uses punctuation and characters you’re already familiar with making it extremely user-friendly, so not only programmers but non-technical people can also use it easily. Markdown files are convertible to formats such as PDF and HTML and to webpages using tools like Github Pages and blot.im.
New to Markdown? Explore this introductory guide to learn the basics and improve your documentation skills.