What is Markdown?

Markdown is a lightweight and easy-to-use syntax for styling all forms of writing on the Jutge.org platform. You control the display of the document; formatting words as bold or italic, adding images, creating lists, and placing chuncks of source code are just a few of the things we can do with Markdown. Mostly, Markdown is just regular text with a few non-alphabetic characters thrown in, like # or *. Some major sites as GitHub and Stackoverflow use it.

Examples

Text

It's very easy to make some words **bold** and other words *italic* with Markdown. You can even [link to Google!](http://google.com)
                

It's very easy to make some words bold and other words italic with Markdown. You can even link to Google!

Lists

Sometimes you want numbered lists:

1. One
2. Two
3. Three

Sometimes you want bullet points:

* Start a line with a star
* Profit!

Alternatively,

- Dashes work just as well
- And if you have sub points, put two spaces before the dash or star:
  - Like this
  - And this

Sometimes you want numbered lists:

1. One
2. Two
3. Three

Sometimes you want bullet points:

• Start a line with a star
• Profit!

Alternatively,

• Dashes work just as well
• And if you have sub points, put two spaces before the dash or star:
  • Like this
  • And this

Headers

# Structured documents

Sometimes it's useful to have different levels of headings to structure your documents. Start lines with a `#` to create headings. Multiple `##` in a row denote smaller heading sizes.

### This is a third-tier heading

You can use  one `#` all the way up to `######` six for different heading sizes.

If you'd like to quote someone, use the > character before the line:

> Coffee. The finest organic suspension ever devised... I beat the Borg with it.
> - Captain Janeway

Structured documents

Sometimes it’s useful to have different levels of headings to structure your documents. Start lines with a # to create headings. Multiple ## in a row denote smaller heading sizes.

This is a third-tier heading

You can use one # all the way up to ###### six for different heading sizes.

If you’d like to quote someone, use the > character before the line:

Coffee. The finest organic suspension ever devised… I beat the Borg with it. - Captain Janeway

Source code

There are many different ways to style code with Jutge.org's markdown. If you have inline code blocks, wrap them in backticks: `var example = true`.  If you've got a longer block of code, you can indent with four spaces:

    if (isAwesome){
      return true
    }

Jutge.org also supports something called code fencing, which allows for multiple lines without indentation:

```
if (isAwesome){
  return true
}
```

And if you'd like to use syntax highlighting, include the language:

```javascript
if (isAwesome){
  return true
}
```

There are many different ways to style code with Jutge.org’s markdown. If you have inline code blocks, wrap them in backticks: var example = true. If you’ve got a longer block of code, you can indent with four spaces:

if (isAwesome){
  return true
}

Jutge.org also supports something called code fencing, which allows for multiple lines without indentation:

if (isAwesome){
  return true
}

And if you’d like to use syntax highlighting, include the language:

if (isAwesome){
  return true
}

Syntax guide

Here’s an overview of Markdown syntax that you can use on Jutge.org.

Headers

# This is an <h1> tag
## This is an <h2> tag
###### This is an <h6> tag

Emphasis

*This text will be italic*
_This will also be italic_

**This text will be bold**
__This will also be bold__

*You **can** combine them*

Lists

Unordered

* Item 1
* Item 2
  * Item 2a
  * Item 2b

Ordered

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
   * Item 3a
   * Item 3b

Images

![Jutge.org Logo](/ico/jutge.png)
Format: ![Alt Text](url)

Links

https://jutge.org - automatic!
[Jutge.org](https://jutge.org)

Blockquotes

As Kanye West said:

> We're living the future so
> the present is our past.

Inline code

I think you should use an
`<addr>` element here instead.

Tables

You can create tables by assembling a list of words and dividing them with hyphens - (for the first row), and then separating each column with a pipe |:

First Header | Second Header
------------ | -------------
Content from cell 1 | Content from cell 2
Content in the first column | Content in the second column

Would become:

Strikethrough

Any word wrapped with two tildes (like ~~this~~) will appear crossed out.