- Development Tools
- Beginner
About this Course
Learn the basics of Markdown—a simple, text-to-html tool used to format writing on the Web. It's used to write blogs, forum posts, technical documentation, and more. Whether you're having trouble formatting GitHub README files or want to learn about Markdown in general, this course is a great place to start.
What you'll learn
- Basic markdown
- Formatting lists
- Formatting code with Markdown
- Formatting links with Markdown
- Adding images with Markdown
- Markdown flavors
- Markdown in the Treehouse Community Forum
Understanding Markdown
Learn what Markdown is and why it's useful. We'll start with the basics: headings, paragraphs, bold and italicized text, and more.
3 stepsLists, Code, Links and Images
Dive into the syntax of Markdown and learn how to create lists, format code, insert links and add images. You'll also learn about different variations of Markdown and how you can use Markdown in the Treehouse Community Forum.
7 stepsTeacher
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Wade Christensen
I make things with code and cameras, pixels and paper. I'm a video producer who makes time to design, code, write, and teach the occasional course. I worked as an AV/IT Systems Designer at the University of Oregon College of Education.