{"id":23415,"date":"2020-09-30T21:37:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T04:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/?p=23415"},"modified":"2021-01-04T03:08:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T11:08:58","slug":"markdown-cheat-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/markdown-cheat-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Markdown Cheat Sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you ever used Git, you probably created Readme files, if so you noticed these Readmes are in Markdown. Markdown is a very lightweight markup language, very similar to plain text, that\u2019s very easy to learn and you can get started quickly. 
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The popularity of this markup language has grown so fast that even development patterns such as the Jamstack<\/a> are built around it. This is because of its simplicity and faster scaling. My own portfolio personal site<\/a> was built with Markdown. So to add a page, all I have to do is create a new markdown file, commit it, and then the rest is taken care of behind the scenes.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If all of this excites you, we\u2019ll give you all the cheats so that you can get started with Markdown quickly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Markdown Cheat Sheet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Extensions and Tools<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Markdown Tables Generator<\/a><\/td>We can create tables using dashes and pipes. But this generator will save you a lot of time and will add them for you.<\/td><\/tr>
Markdown All in One<\/a><\/td>VS Code extension, with a load of keyboard shortcuts, and other useful tools. Using this extension will feel like you are using a good old word processor!<\/td><\/tr>
Emoji Markdown List<\/a><\/td>So you don\u2019t need to memorize them!<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Markdown Formatting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Headers<\/td>Just add a #<\/code>! 

#<\/code> h1
##<\/code> h2
###<\/code> h3
####<\/code> h4
#####<\/code> h5
######<\/code> h6<\/td><\/tr>
Bold, Italic, Strikethrough<\/td>Either *<\/code>, _<\/code> or ~<\/code>:
Italics<\/em>: *asterisks*<\/code>.
Bold:<\/strong> **asterisks**<\/code>.
Combined bold and italic<\/em><\/strong> with **_asterisks and underscores_**<\/code>.
Strikethrough<\/s>. ~~ Between tildes ~~<\/code>
<\/td><\/tr>
Links, Inline Images<\/td>Links:
[link_text](https:\/\/www.site.com\/)<\/code>

Images:
![imageAlt](.\/image\/path)![imageAlt](.\/image\/path \u201cOn hover text\u201d)<\/code><\/td><\/tr>
Ordered, Unordered Lists<\/td>Ordered:
1. item1<\/code>
2. item2  <\/code>
  * item2b<\/code>

Unordered:
* item<\/code>
* item<\/code>
  * sub-item<\/code>

<\/td><\/tr>
Task Lists<\/td>[ ]<\/code> incomplete item (notice the space)
[x]<\/code> complete item<\/td><\/tr>
Single Line of Code<\/td>`console.log(\u201chola\u201d)`<\/code><\/td><\/tr>
Block of code<\/td>Add optional language identifier for syntax highlighting. Must enclose it within three back-ticks
```javascript<\/code>
  function myFunc(){<\/code>
    return \u201cI\u2019m a useless function!\";<\/code>
  }<\/code>
```<\/code><\/td><\/tr>
Block Quotes<\/td>Quote your favorite author:
Einstein Quote:
> \u201cImagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world.\u201d<\/code><\/td><\/tr>
Escape Character<\/td>\\# literal hash mark\\<\/code><\/td><\/tr>
Footnote<\/td>Footnote Me [^1]<\/code>
[^1]: That\u2019s what she said.<\/code><\/td><\/tr>
Anchor Tags<\/td>Declare your id between brackets and then call it as a link:
Click [here](#fun) if you want to know why Markdown is fun.<\/code>

## Markdown is Fun {#fun}Lorem ipsum...<\/code>
<\/td><\/tr>
Horizontal Line<\/td>Three or more hyphens:
---<\/code><\/td><\/tr>
HTML to Markdown<\/td><p> This will work mostly well <\/p><\/code>
<br \/><\/code><\/td><\/tr>
Other (within Github only)<\/td>Mentions:
Typing @<\/code> followed by username will mention the specific individual

Auto-linked repo references:
github\/n-tesla#6039<\/code>\t<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you ever used Git, you probably created Readme files, if so you noticed these Readmes are in Markdown. Markdown is a very lightweight markup language, very similar to plain text, that\u2019s very easy to learn and you can get started quickly.  The popularity of this markup language has grown so fast that even development…","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":14078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17286],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23415","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-git"},"acf":{"post_sub_title":"","sprint_id":"","query_class":"Git","school_sft":"","parent_sft":"","school_privacy_policy":"","has_review":null,"is_sponser_post":"","is_guest_post":""},"yoast_head":"\nMarkdown Cheat Sheet | Career Karma<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Don\u2019t you love Markdown already? If not, learn everything about Markdown with this cheatsheet and get started now! Learn markdown with CareerKarma.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/markdown-cheat-sheet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Markdown Cheat Sheet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Don\u2019t you love Markdown already? If not, learn everything about Markdown with this cheatsheet and get started now! Learn markdown with CareerKarma.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/markdown-cheat-sheet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Career Karma\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/careerkarmaapp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-01T04:37:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-01-04T11:08:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/power-digital-marketing-P_dneF5Pz_c-unsplash.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1020\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"680\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Felipe Boh\u00f3rquez\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@career_karma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@career_karma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Felipe Boh\u00f3rquez\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/markdown-cheat-sheet\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/markdown-cheat-sheet\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Felipe Boh\u00f3rquez\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e2cbf72dcbfaf9e81a8b6a38c1bd4220\"},\"headline\":\"Markdown Cheat Sheet\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-01T04:37:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-04T11:08:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/markdown-cheat-sheet\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":331,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/markdown-cheat-sheet\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/power-digital-marketing-P_dneF5Pz_c-unsplash.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Git\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/markdown-cheat-sheet\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/markdown-cheat-sheet\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/markdown-cheat-sheet\\\/\",\"name\":\"Markdown Cheat Sheet | Career Karma\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/markdown-cheat-sheet\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/markdown-cheat-sheet\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/power-digital-marketing-P_dneF5Pz_c-unsplash.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-01T04:37:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-04T11:08:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e2cbf72dcbfaf9e81a8b6a38c1bd4220\"},\"description\":\"Don\u2019t you love Markdown already? If not, learn everything about Markdown with this cheatsheet and get started now! Learn markdown with CareerKarma.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/markdown-cheat-sheet\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/markdown-cheat-sheet\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/markdown-cheat-sheet\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/power-digital-marketing-P_dneF5Pz_c-unsplash.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/power-digital-marketing-P_dneF5Pz_c-unsplash.jpg\",\"width\":1020,\"height\":680},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/markdown-cheat-sheet\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Git\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/git\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Markdown Cheat Sheet\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Career Karma\",\"description\":\"Latest Coding Bootcamp News & Career Hacks from Industry Insiders\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e2cbf72dcbfaf9e81a8b6a38c1bd4220\",\"name\":\"Felipe Boh\u00f3rquez\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-17-at-11.10.42-AM-150x150.png\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-17-at-11.10.42-AM-150x150.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-17-at-11.10.42-AM-150x150.png\",\"caption\":\"Felipe Boh\u00f3rquez\"},\"description\":\"Felipe Boh\u00f3rquez is a Software Engineer and technical writer at Career Karma. He covers all things frontend and backend development.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/careerkarma.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/felipe-bohorquez\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Markdown Cheat Sheet | Career Karma","description":"Don\u2019t you love Markdown already? If not, learn everything about Markdown with this cheatsheet and get started now! Learn markdown with CareerKarma.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/markdown-cheat-sheet\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Markdown Cheat Sheet","og_description":"Don\u2019t you love Markdown already? If not, learn everything about Markdown with this cheatsheet and get started now! Learn markdown with CareerKarma.","og_url":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/markdown-cheat-sheet\/","og_site_name":"Career Karma","article_publisher":"http:\/\/facebook.com\/careerkarmaapp","article_published_time":"2020-10-01T04:37:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-01-04T11:08:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1020,"height":680,"url":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/power-digital-marketing-P_dneF5Pz_c-unsplash.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Felipe Boh\u00f3rquez","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@career_karma","twitter_site":"@career_karma","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Felipe Boh\u00f3rquez","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/markdown-cheat-sheet\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/markdown-cheat-sheet\/"},"author":{"name":"Felipe Boh\u00f3rquez","@id":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e2cbf72dcbfaf9e81a8b6a38c1bd4220"},"headline":"Markdown Cheat Sheet","datePublished":"2020-10-01T04:37:56+00:00","dateModified":"2021-01-04T11:08:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/markdown-cheat-sheet\/"},"wordCount":331,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/markdown-cheat-sheet\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/power-digital-marketing-P_dneF5Pz_c-unsplash.jpg","articleSection":["Git"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/markdown-cheat-sheet\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/markdown-cheat-sheet\/","url":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/markdown-cheat-sheet\/","name":"Markdown Cheat Sheet | Career Karma","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/markdown-cheat-sheet\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/markdown-cheat-sheet\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/power-digital-marketing-P_dneF5Pz_c-unsplash.jpg","datePublished":"2020-10-01T04:37:56+00:00","dateModified":"2021-01-04T11:08:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e2cbf72dcbfaf9e81a8b6a38c1bd4220"},"description":"Don\u2019t you love Markdown already? If not, learn everything about Markdown with this cheatsheet and get started now! Learn markdown with CareerKarma.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/markdown-cheat-sheet\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/markdown-cheat-sheet\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/markdown-cheat-sheet\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/power-digital-marketing-P_dneF5Pz_c-unsplash.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/power-digital-marketing-P_dneF5Pz_c-unsplash.jpg","width":1020,"height":680},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/markdown-cheat-sheet\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Git","item":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/git\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Markdown Cheat Sheet"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/","name":"Career Karma","description":"Latest Coding Bootcamp News & Career Hacks from Industry Insiders","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e2cbf72dcbfaf9e81a8b6a38c1bd4220","name":"Felipe Boh\u00f3rquez","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-17-at-11.10.42-AM-150x150.png","url":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-17-at-11.10.42-AM-150x150.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-17-at-11.10.42-AM-150x150.png","caption":"Felipe Boh\u00f3rquez"},"description":"Felipe Boh\u00f3rquez is a Software Engineer and technical writer at Career Karma. He covers all things frontend and backend development.","url":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/author\/felipe-bohorquez\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/careerkarma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}