Markdown is a lightweight markup language created in 2004 by John Gruber and Aaron Swartz. It creates formatted text via a plain-text editor. Unlike HTML or XML, it is still easily digestible by readers of all backgrounds in its source form. Markdown has been an invaluable bridge between engineering and content writing.

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What is Markdown?Why use Markdown?Where to go from here
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