Instant Markdown

Markdown is becoming more and more popular. The simplicity of Markdown and the advantages that it has to offer has led to a tremendous rise in the number of sites and applications that use it. The conversion of simple human readable text format to HTML has never been so simple, thanks to Markdown.

Instant Markdown will walk you through the syntax of Markdown and will get you up to speed with the basics, which will allow you to write your own content in Markdown. It will then show you how to use different services to make the most of Markdown.

Apart from learning the basic syntax through practical and focused examples, you will also learn how to use Markdown to do many different things, such as participating in forums and discussions, writing emails, sharing documents, blogging, creating to-do lists, creating presentations, converting Markdown files to other formats such as PDF, or using Markdown extensions.

You will learn everything you need to know about Markdown, right from scratch to practical examples.

Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. A quick, clear, concise tutorial guide-based approach that will help you to get started with Markdown.

Instant Markdown is for people who are interested in an introduction to Markdown. You will not need any specific knowledge about programming or markup languages. This book will give you many ideas to use and take full potential of Markdown over many different services.