What is markdown language?
Learn about Markdown as a markup language.
What is Markdown Language?
Markdown is a lightweight markup language created by John Gruber in 2004. Unlike programming languages, Markdown is a markup language designed specifically for formatting text documents.
A markup language uses tags or syntax to define how text should be structured and displayed. Markdown simplifies this by using plain text characters that are easy to read and write.
Key Characteristics
- • Plain text based - no binary format
- • Human-readable syntax
- • Can be converted to HTML, PDF, and other formats
- • Platform-independent
- • Easy to learn and use