Markdown
Lightweight markup language for writing readable documentation, notes, and web content.
Documentation and Publishing
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Markup Language
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Teaching
Markdown keeps writing close to plain text while still supporting structured pages, links, code snippets, and publication workflows.
Provisional positions are editorial proposals awaiting group review.
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Related themes: Scientific Computing
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Common use cases
- Documentation
- Static site content
- Reproducible notes
Getting started
Markdown is a lightweight writing format used for documentation, course materials, README files, and static websites.