We have all seen GitHub repositories readme.md file used for project explanation. In today's world, we should explain our code through our readme files as no one can understand your code right away. Here I have simplified and tried to explain majorly used elements that you can right away start to write markdown files.

Heading Elements

Just like HTML, there are 6 heading elements in markdown

# Heading1
## Heading2
### Heading3
#### Heading4
##### Heading5
###### Heading6

Output:

Heading1

Heading2

Heading3

Heading4

Heading5

Heading6

List Elements

Just like HTML, there are ordered list and unordered list in markdown

#####Ordered List:
1. One
2. Two
3. Three
    1. One
    2. Two

#####Unordered List:
- One
- Two
- Three
  - One
  - Two

Output:

Ordered List:

1. One
2. Two
3. Three
   1. One
   2. Two

Unordered List:

• One
• Two
• Three
  • One
  • Two

Adding Links

Just like HTML, there is an option to add links in markdown

[LinkedIn Link](https://www.linkedin.com/in/prakash-naikwadi/)

Output:

LinkedIn Link

Adding Images

Just like HTML, there is an option to add images in markdown

![alt text](https://learncodeonline.in/mascot.png)

Output:

Adding bold, italic, and strikethrough

##### Two ways to make text bold:
**Bold Text**

__Bold Text__

##### Two ways to make the text italic:
*Italic Text*

_Italic Text_

##### Make text strikethrough:
~~strikethrough~~

Output:

Two ways to make text bold:

Bold Text

Bold Text

Two ways to make the text italic:

Italic Text

Italic Text

Make text strikethrough:

strikethrough

Adding horizontal line using *** or ___

Hello World
___
Let's Code
***
See You Soon

Output:

Hello World

---

Let's Code

---

See You Soon

Adding blockquote using >

> Hello, this is the blockquote element.

Output:

Hello, this is the blockquote element.