Markdown Documentation

Table of Contents

• Overview
• When to Use
• Quick Start
• Reference Guides
• Best Practices

Overview

Master markdown syntax and best practices for creating well-formatted, readable documentation using standard Markdown and GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM).

When to Use

• README files
• Documentation pages
• GitHub/GitLab wikis
• Blog posts
• Technical writing
• Project documentation
• Comment formatting

Quick Start

• Comment formatting

# H1 Header

## H2 Header

### H3 Header

#### H4 Header

##### H5 Header

###### H6 Header

# Alternative H1

## Alternative H2

Reference Guides

Detailed implementations in the references/ directory:

Guide	Contents
Text Formatting	Text Formatting
Lists	Lists
Links and Images	Links and Images, Code Blocks, Tables
Extended Syntax (GitHub Flavored Markdown)	Extended Syntax (GitHub Flavored Markdown)
Collapsible Sections	Collapsible Sections, Syntax Highlighting, Badges
Alerts and Callouts	Alerts and Callouts
Mermaid Diagrams	Mermaid Diagrams

Best Practices

✅ DO

• Use descriptive link text
• Include table of contents for long documents
• Add alt text to images
• Use code blocks with language specification
• Keep lines under 80-100 characters
• Use relative links for internal docs
• Add badges for build status, coverage, etc.
• Include examples and screenshots
• Use semantic line breaks
• Test all links regularly

❌ DON'T

• Use "click here" as link text
• Forget alt text on images
• Mix HTML and Markdown unnecessarily
• Use absolute paths for local files
• Create walls of text without breaks
• Skip language specification in code blocks
• Use images for text content (accessibility)