#Markdown Basics
Markdown allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, which then converts to valid HTML for viewing on GitHub
##Basic writing
####Paragraphs
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Paragraphs in Markdown are just one or more lines of consecutive text followed by one or more blank lines.
On July 2, an alien mothership entered Earth's orbit and deployed several dozen saucer-shaped "destroyer" spacecraft, each 15 miles (24 km) wide.
On July 3, the Black Knights, a squadron of Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets, participated in an assault on a destroyer near the city of Los Angeles.
Headings
You can create a heading by adding one or more # symbols before your heading text. The number of # you use will determine the size of the heading.
``` | Paragraphs in Markdown are just one or more lines of consecutive text followed by one or more blank lines.
On July 2, an alien mothership entered Earth's orbit and deployed several dozen saucer-shaped "destroyer" spacecraft, each 15 miles (24 km) wide.
On July 3, the Black Knights, a squadron of Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets, participated in an assault on a destroyer near the city of Los Angeles.
Headings
You can create a heading by adding one or more # symbols before your heading text. The number of # you use will determine the size of the heading.
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####Blockquotes
You can indicate blockquotes with a >.
In the words of Abraham Lincoln:
`> Pardon my french`
Becomes
> Pardon my french
####Styling text
You can make text bold or italic.
```*This text will be italic*
**This text will be bold**
Both bold and italic can use either a * or an _ around the text for styling. This allows you to combine both bold and italic if needed.
**Everyone _must_ attend the meeting at 5 o'clock today.**
####Lists
######Unordered lists
You can make an unordered list by preceding list items with either a * or a -.
* Item
* Item
* Item
- Item
- Item
- Item
######Ordered lists
You can make an ordered list by preceding list items with a number.
1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
######Nested lists
You can create nested lists by indenting list items by two spaces.
- Item 1
- A corollary to the above item.
- Yet another point to consider.
- Item 2
- A corollary that does not need to be ordered.
- This is indented four spaces, because it's two spaces further than the item above.
- You might want to consider making a new list.
- Item 3 Code formatting
Inline formats
Use single backticks (`) to format text in a special monospace format. Everything within the backticks appear as-is, with no other special formatting.
Here's an idea: why don't we take SuperiorProject and turn it into **Reasonable**Project.
Multiple lines
You can use triple backticks (```) to format text as its own distinct block.
Check out this neat program I wrote:
x = 0
x = 2 + 2
what is x
Links
You can create an inline link by wrapping link text in brackets ( [ ] ), and then wrapping the link in parenthesis ( ( ) ).
For example, to create a hyperlink to www.github.com, with a link text that says, Visit GitHub!, you'd write this in Markdown: Visit GitHub!.