Markdown

The power of plain text

TLDR

• Markdown is an abstraction of HTML

Why?

• Simplicity & Focus - Create clean, professional documents using plain text syntax without fighting complex formatting tools.

• Version Control & Portability - Track changes with Git and easily convert to multiple formats from a single source file. Markdown can become HTML, PDF, eBooks, etc.

• Maintenance & Consistency - Make updates quickly without formatting issues and maintain a uniform style throughout your document.

• Tech-Forward Approach - Demonstrate technical proficiency, particularly valuable for roles in development, documentation, or content.

• Lightweight Text files are extremely small file sizes for the same amount of content

What is this?

• Markdown as canonical source of content.

• Markdown is easy to read. Easy to write.

• See video One source of content to many formats