Markdown is a lightweight markup language that you can use to add formatting elements to plaintext text documents. Created by John Gruber in 2004, Markdown is now one of the world's most popular markup languages.

Common Syntax:

• # Heading 1 - Creates a top-level heading
• **Bold Text** - Makes text bold
• *Italic Text* - Makes text italic
• [Link Text](URL) - Creates a link
•  - Inserts an image
• - Item - Creates a list item
• 1. Item - Creates a numbered list item
• ```code``` - Creates a code block