Markdown is a language used on GitHub mainly to write README.md files. A file written in markdown on GitHub is indicated by .md. The formatting of Markdown is as follows:
- Italic words are surrounded by underscores
_italic_ - Bold words are surrounded by two asterisks on either side
**bold** - Headers come in six sizes and begin with a hashtag #, one hashtag makes the largest size and six hashtags make the smallest size
# Title1 - Each item in an unordered list begins with an asterisk, and each item in an ordered list begins with a number and a period
- Indented items in a list have two spaces before the asterisk
- Paragraphs need two spaces afterwards for a soft break or a return afterwards for a hard break
- Links are made of two parts, a description written in [] and the link contained in ()
[GitHub](https://github.com/) - Images are formatted the same as links with a ! in front of the first brackets
![]() - The tick above the tab key
creates a monospace