It's very easy to make some words bold and other words italic with Markdown. You can even link to Google!
Sometimes you want numbered lists:
Sometimes you want bullet points:
Alternatively,
If you want to embed images, this is how you do it:
There are many different ways to style code with GitHub's markdown. If you have inline code blocks, wrap them in backticks: var example = true
. If you've got a longer block of code, you can indent with four spaces:
if (isAwesome){
return true
}
GitHub also supports something called code fencing, which allows for multiple lines without indentation:
if (isAwesome){
return true
}
And if you'd like to use syntax highlighting, include the language:
if (isAwesome){
return true
}
Sometimes it's useful to have different levels of headings to structure your documents. Start lines with a #
to create headings. Multiple ##
in a row denote smaller heading sizes.
You can use one #
all the way up to ######
six for different heading sizes.
If you'd like to quote someone, use the > character before the line:
Coffee. The finest organic suspension ever devised... I beat the Borg with it.
- Captain Janeway