The above examples and explanations, whilst undoubtedly fascinating (🙄) still, however, don't explain the DIFFERENCE between the two - markup vs markdown. Markup? Markdown? They've got to be related, right? # This is Heading 1 #, whilst # This is Heading 2 #Įmbedding a link, as I've done a few times in this post, in text by using square brackets around the words to be hyperlinked and immediately adding the relevant URL after with regular () brackets around it, shown here: (put-link-here). Two hash symbols for Header 2 text, and so on. Using hash (#) symbols to indicate header text by placing a single hash symbol (#) and a space before and after the words that you'd like to have appear formatted as Header 1 text. Markdown is basically the method of writing posts on these platforms using shorthand annotations to format the text using inline syntax.

So, when I recently started blogging here on Hashnode and cross-posting on DEV Community, I was introduced to the term, and concept of, 'Markdown'. So, what is a 'Markup Language'?įormally, a markup language is 'a notation used to annotate a document's content to give information regarding the structure of the text or instructions for how it is to be displayed'. the unicorn is the national animal of Scotland (I swear, it's true!).I'll be honest - it's one of those definitions that I heard a few times and filed in the back of my mind along with other random trivia such as Does that sound like a lot of scrolling? It does, doesn't it? Well, I got you fam - here's the link again: MDN - HTML basics For those just getting started on this journey, I highly recommend reading the MDN page linked in the very first paragraph of this post. Most of us are very familiar with HTML and its series of elements. I'm trying to teach my tween children to code, so am used to coming up with nice basic explanations for these things. Out there, on the web, for all the world to see (with the typo in 'its' as well 🙄 ).

'If a website was a tent, HTML would be it's frame.' My answer to that? Well, prepare to have your mind blown: I, on the other hand, recently explained HTML way less formally: a Tweet asked the following: 'Without using the words Code, Programming, Markup, Language, can you explain what HTML is?'. MDN defines HTML as '.the code that is used to structure a web page and its content.' Fair enough. Since day one of learning to code, we're taught that HTML stands for 'Hypertext Markup Language'.

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