Markdown Mastery: Simple yet Powerful Writing Format

Name: Markdown Mastery: Simple yet Powerful Writing Format
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A Comprehensive Guide to the Markdown Writing Format offering both technical examples and hands-on demos.

Created byJason Taylor, John Myers

Last updated 8/2017

English

What you'll learn

Understand the reasons for learning Markdown
Write confidently using the Markdown format
Use enhanced flavors of Markdown when appropriate
Use Markdown in a variety of scenarios as a writing format
Export Markdown into publishing formats like HTML or PDF
Use Markdown on mobile and cloud-based workflows

Course content

6 sections • 29 lectures • 1h 6m total length

Course Welcome and Goals1:52
Introduction to the Markdown Mastery course including course goals, objectives, and approach
What is Markdown and why it matters?5:39
What is the Markdown format, why does it matter, and how can it be used

Introducing the Original Markdown0:28
Overview of the Markdown Basics section with an outline of key concepts covered
Paragraphs and Line Breaks1:44
Screencast demonstration of paragraphs and line breaks in Markdown format
Headers1:08
Screencast demonstration of headers in Markdown format
Showing Emphasis2:41
Screencast demonstration of emphasis (bold and italics) in Markdown format
Quotes1:24
Screencast demonstration of quotes (with attribution) in Markdown format
Code Styles and Blocks2:08
Screencast demonstration of inline code styles and code blocks in Markdown format
Ordered and Unordered Lists3:57
Screencast demonstration of ordered and unordered lists in Markdown format
Horizontal Rules1:31
Screencast demonstration of horizontal rules in Markdown format
Using Links in Documents2:36
Screencast demonstration of external links in Markdown format, covering three ways to create and reference links to websites (incline, referenced, and automatic links)
Images2:37
Screencast demonstration of referencing images in Markdown format
Inline HTML1:43
Screencast demonstration of inline HTML in Markdown format, for the times when native Markdown isn't enough

Enhanced Markdown Overview0:42
Overview of the Enhanced Markdown section with an outline of key concepts covered
StackEdit Settings Adjustment0:59
Screencast demonstration of adjusting settings in StackEdit for the Enhanced Markdown section
Tables2:03
Screencast demonstration of tables in enhanced Markdown format
Fenced Code Blocks1:45
Screencast demonstration of fenced code blocks in enhanced Markdown format, which allow specifying the language or syntax of the code block for clients that support this feature.

Using Markdown Overview0:39
Overview of the Using Markdown section with an outline of key topics or tasks covered
StackEdit Settings for Using Markdown1:39
Screencast demonstration of adjusting settings in StackEdit for the Using Markdown section
Outlining and Brainstorming with Markdown4:09
Screencast demonstration of using Markdown for outlining and brainstorming
Note-taking with Markdown, Part 1: Editorial on iOS4:16
Screencast demonstration of using Markdown for taking notes and cloud integration (part 1) -- starting off using an iOS Markdown editor called Editorial.
Note-taking with Mardown, Part 2: Back to StackEdit1:51
Screencast demonstration of using Markdown for taking notes and cloud integration (part 2) -- returning to StackEdit to complete the cloud-based note-taking round trip.
Markdown and Wordpress; Writing a Blog Post3:17
Screencast demonstration of using Markdown for posting to a Wordpress blog using the Markdown post feature of the JetPack plugin. Also covers how to install and configure the JetPack plugin for Wordpress to enable Markdown posting posting support.
Novel Example, Part 1: Formatting a Novel2:56
Screencast demonstration of using Markdown for writing and formatting a Novel (part 1) or other long form literature. Lecture uses an existing, public domain novel from Project Gutenberg and then apply formatting from the plain-text version to a fully formatted Markdown version.
Novel Example, Part 2: Exporting to Another Format2:20
Screencast demonstration of using Markdown for exporting the Novel (previous lecture) into HTML. Also, covers reviewing the Novel document in StackEdit before export.

Requirements

Basic Computer Skills
No other skills required

Description

Markdown Mastery: Simple Yet Powerful Writing Format

Are you looking for a writing format not encumbered by commercial, closed-format? Would you like that format to be based on plain text? However, not complex like HTML.

In this course, students will learn about the Markdown format which is great as a source writing format for notes, outlines, blog posts, and perhaps even a novel. Academic theory, technical demos, and practical examples are all balance in this course to provide a comprehensive treatment of Markdown and its various uses.

Course Outline

Introduction and Setup provides an introduction to this course and setup the editor used throughout the course.

Once we understand the benefits and purpose of Markdown and have an editor ready to go, we start off with Markdown Basics that covers all the core aspects of the Markdown syntax (formatting).

With the foundations in place, we move on to extended or enhanced flavor (variations) of Markdown. These enhancements have been nearly universally adopted, they are nearly as well supported as the original core of Markdown.

With the Markdown format primer out of the way, the course shifts from technical execution of various features of Markdown to practical examples and use-cases of Markdown in action.

Course Features

Presentations provide audio/video training of conceptual ideas. Since few like slide-ware presentations, slide-presentations are kept to a minimum.

Screencasts provide a video of the instructor's computer system with any actions, commands, or screens displayed and narrated. There is nearly 1 hour of screencast based video training in order to step through each of the various aspects of this course.

Special Notes

The technical (formatting) parts of this course are also part of the "Git Complete" course. However, much of this course is unique -- especially the practical examples provided.

Who this course is for:

Note-takers
Software Engineers working with GitHub or BitBucket
Writers
Anyone that wants an easy to remember, but powerful text formatting
Anyone that wants a mobile and cloud-enabled writing, outlining, and note-taking workflow
Software and Web Developers that write project documentation, including README files

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Course content

Introduction2 lectures • 8min

Markdown Editor Setup2 lectures • 4min

Markdown Basics11 lectures • 22min

Enhanced Markdown4 lectures • 5min

Using Markdown8 lectures • 21min

Conclusion2 lectures • 6min

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