Why Markdown

Why all the Markdown Files?

When you run a squib new command, you get a bunch of files. Most of them are optional, of course, but they're there to help you out in the prototyping process.

Files that end in .md are files in the Markdown wiki syntax. Markdown is a very simple wiki syntax that just gets out of the way and lets you write. It's in plain text, which is the most future-proof file format out there, and is friendly with version control. If you're on GitHub and view a file ending with .md, it'll show in its rendered form.