Markdown

Markdown* is a lightweight markup language designed for formatting plain text. Created by John Gruber in 2004, Markdown allows you to write using an easy-to-read and easy-to-write plain text format that can be converted into structurally valid HTML (and other formats).

Key characteristics:

• Simplicity: Uses plain text symbols (like #, *, or []()) to indicate formatting such as headings, lists, emphasis, and links.
• Readable: Intended to be directly readable and writable without looking cluttered.
• Portable: Used widely in documentation, README files, blogging platforms, note-taking apps, and content management systems.

Example:

# Heading 1

**Bold text** and *italic text*.

- List item 1
- List item 2

[Link to website](https://example.com)

Summary:
*Markdown is a plain-text formatting syntax that is simple to use and converts easily to formatted text (such as HTML). This website uses Flow Publish and is all written in markdown. Markdown works great for AI and is easy and fun to learn.