<h1>Markdown</h1>

<p>Markdown is a common markup language frequently used by developers to write

Python project documention.</p>

<p><img src="/source/static/img/logos/markdown.png" width="100%" alt="Unofficial Markdown logo." class="technical-diagram"></a></p>

<h2>Markdown's origin</h2>

<p>Markdown was originally

<a href="https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/">developed by John Gruber</a>

in 2004. The markup language's lightweight design helped it gain rapid

adoption by software developers and designers. The format's simplicity also

makes it easier to write parsers to convert the structured syntax into

other formats such as HTML and JSON.</p>

<h2>Markdown resources</h2>

<ul>

<li>

<p><a href="https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax">Markdown syntax</a>

is the defacto standard and wonderful reading for both initial learning

and random reference.</p>

</li>

<li>

<p><a href="https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet">Markdown cheatsheet</a>

is a quick reference that is a shortened version of the above Markdown

syntax page.</p>

</li>

<li>

<p><a href="http://lepture.com/en/2014/markdown-parsers-in-python">Markdown parsers in Python</a>

reviews many of the most common Python Markdown parser implementations

to give insight into the advantages and disadvantages of each one.</p>

</li>

</ul>