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A Complete Markdown Tutorial: From Basics to Advanced

MD MAHBUB UDDIN on October 24, 2024

Markdown is a lightweight markup language that makes it easy to format text. It’s used widely across many platforms like GitHub, Dev.to, and more f...
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MorphZG • Edited

Once you master markdown you will use it everywhere. Buty of it is plain text formated so it can display almost everywhere, even if it is displayed as plain text you will like the style. I use it mostly for note taking and readme files.

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MD MAHBUB UDDIN

Thanks for sharing how you use it—glad to hear from a fellow Markdown fan!

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Nikhil Dev Chunchu

Some of the code block are no displaying properly, ex: Horizontal Lines
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MD MAHBUB UDDIN

Thanks for the heads-up! It’s strange because the code blocks are displaying correctly on other platforms and even on Markdown viewers. I’ll look into why it’s not working here—it might be a platform-specific formatting issue. Appreciate your patience and feedback!

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MD MAHBUB UDDIN

Already Fixed this issue.

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Boopathi

This is a fantastic overview of Markdown! I especially appreciate the clear examples and the breakdown of advanced features like code blocks and tables. This tutorial is a great resource for anyone wanting to learn Markdown.

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MD MAHBUB UDDIN

Thank you! 😊 I'm glad you found the tutorial helpful! Let me know if there's anything specific you'd like to see in future Markdown tips.

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Samuel Rouse

Thanks for putting this together! Markdown is a great tool with a lot of capabilities, but the different versions create variations and ambiguities in the spec. This in turn creates headaches like the ones with your code examples.

Because of the different versions and implementation inconsistency I recommend adding two resources to your markdown arsenal:

  • CommonMark – A markdown specification with better clarity and compatibility
  • babelmark3 - A tool to see and compare the output of different markdown engines for a given input.
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MD MAHBUB UDDIN

Thank you for the valuable feedback! 😊 You’re absolutely right—Markdown’s different versions can cause inconsistencies, which can be frustrating. Thanks again for sharing these great resources!

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gokayburuc.dev

Add also Github TOC

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MD MAHBUB UDDIN

Already Added. Thanks Again

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MD MAHBUB UDDIN

Great suggestion! I'll add a section on creating a TOC for GitHub soon. Thanks for the idea—stay tuned!

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Martin Baun

Wonderfully written and researched!

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MD MAHBUB UDDIN

Thanks for checking it out! Let me know if there’s anything specific you’d like me to cover next time!

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Istiqur Rahman

I have liked your writing.
I am from Bangladesh too. I am glad to be a part of the community.

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MD MAHBUB UDDIN

Thank you so much brother! 😊 Glad to have you in the community—let’s keep learning and growing together!