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Markdown cheatsheet

#markdown #todayilearned #beginners

Originally published on my blog

You can style texts on the web with markdown. Markdown files use the .md or .mdx extensions. Here is a list of essential markdown syntax that you will mostly use often.

HEADERS 

# Heading 1 <h1> ## Heading 2 <h2> ### Heading 3 <h3> #### Heading 4 <h4> ##### Heading 5 <h5> ###### Heading 6 <h6>
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Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5
Heading 6

BOLD 

**I am a bold text** __I am a bold text__
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I am a bold text

ITALICS 

*italicized text* _Italic text_
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italicized text

LISTS

Unordered List 
- Shoes - Bags - Clothes
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  • Shoes
  • Bags
  • Clothes
Ordered List 
1. Baby 2. Teenager 3. Adult
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  1. Baby
  2. Teenager
  3. Adult

CODE 

`code`
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code

LINK 

[inline-style link](https://temmie.me) [inline-style link with title](https://temmie.me "My portfolio")
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inline-style link
inline-style link with title

IMAGE 

![descriptive alt text](image.jpg)
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BLOCKQUOTE 

> blockquote
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This is a blockquote

HORIZONTAL RULE 

Hyphens --- Asterisks *** Underscores ___
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Hyphens

Asterisks

Underscores

STRIKETHROUGH 

~~This is strikethrough sentence.~~
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This is strikethrough sentence.

TABLE 

| Name | Type | | ----------- | ----------- | | Temitope | Frontend engineer | | Ayodele | Coach |
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Name Type
Temitope Frontend engineer
Ayodele Coach

INLINE HTML 

<h4>My Title</h4> <p>I really have nothing to write here, lol</p> <p>Markdown does *not* work well here. Use <strong>HTML tags</strong> instead.</p>
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My Title

I really have nothing to write here, lol

Markdown does *not* work well here. Use HTML tags instead.

You can play around the markdown syntax here.

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Joel N. Walkley •

Great list!

One trick I recently learned is that for numbered lists, you don't actually need to manually increment the number. You can put all "1."s and it will auto-order. Really handy if you ever need to move things around.

Example below with result:

1. Item one 1. Item two 1. item three
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  1. Item one
  2. Item two
  3. item three