Learning Markdown
1h 7mBeginner2015-12-22
Authors
Ray Villalobos
Senior Staff Instructor at LinkedIn Learning
Course details
Markdown is a lightweight text format that allows you to create documents, rich text, or HTML markup using any plain text editor. It's easy to read, easy to write, and easy to convert into formats like PDF, Word, or HTML. It's fast becoming a standard for writers who want to focus on creating documents—not worrying about proprietary document formats.
In this course, Ray Villalobos shows how to write common markdown syntax to create headlines, lists, tables, links, images, and block quotes. Then explore some of the different implementations of the language, including GitHub Flavored Markdown, MultiMarkdown, R Markdown, CommonMark, and Babelmark.
In this course, Ray Villalobos shows how to write common markdown syntax to create headlines, lists, tables, links, images, and block quotes. Then explore some of the different implementations of the language, including GitHub Flavored Markdown, MultiMarkdown, R Markdown, CommonMark, and Babelmark.
Skills covered
MarkdownWord ProcessingLearningBusiness Software and ToolsOpen Source
Concepts
Introduction
- Welcome
Markdown Basics
- What is Markdown
- Using Markdown tools
- Basic span elements
- Paragraphs and headers
- Blockquotes
- Horizontal rules
- Using lists
- Creating links
- Adding images
Beyond Markdown
- GitHub Flavored Markdown
- Working with tables
- Other Markdown flavors
Conclusion
- Next steps