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What is a fundamental characteristic of Markdown?

  • It is the only markup language used for web development.
  • It is solely used for creating complex web applications.
  • It can only be written in plain text format.
  • It provides an unambiguous syntax specification. (correct)

    • Which of the following tools can be used to compare different implementations of Markdown?

  • CommonMark test suite
  • Babelmark 3 (correct)
  • RFC 7763
  • Markdown.pl

    • What does CommonMark provide to ensure Markdown implementations conform to its specifications?

  • A range of optional Markdown variants.
  • A test suite for validation. (correct)
  • An exclusive syntax for encryption.
  • A set of ambiguous syntax rules.

    • What defines a markup language?

    <p>A language that annotates text and associates metadata. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which file extension is used for Markdown files?

    <p>.md (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT an example of a markup language?

    <p>C++ (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following claims about Markdown's syntax is true?

    <p>There are many syntactic ambiguities in Markdown. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a primary characteristic of Markdown?

    <p>It is a lightweight markup language with plain text syntax. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what context is Markdown most commonly used?

    <p>For entering text on the web. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one way Markdown can be converted to other formats?

    <p>It can be converted to HTML among other formats. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a markup language primarily used for?

    <p>Formatting and structuring documents (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following describes Markdown?

    <p>A plain text format for writing structured documents (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Markdown?

    <p>High complexity in coding structure (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following Markdown variants is known for its presentation capabilities?

    <p>Marp (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a common practical use of Markdown in data science tools?

    <p>Writing structured documents within Jupyter notebooks (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which platform is NOT mentioned as supporting Markdown?

    <p>Google Docs (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who developed Markdown and in which year?

    <p>John Gruber in 2004 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement about the original Markdown syntax is true?

    <p>It has ambiguous specifications (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Markup Languages

    • Markup languages are computer languages used to annotate text.
    • They link metadata to parts of text in a clear, distinct way.

    Examples

    What is Markdown?

    Symbol

    Characteristics

    • Markdown is easy to read and write, using plain text.
    • It converts to various formats (e.g., HTML).
    • It is targeted at non-technical users.
    • Its syntax is inspired by plain text email.

    Usage (1)

    • Markdown is frequent on the web for entering text.
    • Key application areas include:
      • Collaboration platforms and tools
      • Blogging platforms and content management systems
      • Online community platforms
      • Note-taking applications
      • Technical and scientific publishing
      • Presentation authoring
      • Data science tools
      • AI tools

    Usage (2)

    • Collaboration platforms and tools:
      • GitHub: See: Writing on GitHub
      • Microsoft Teams: See: Use Markdown formatting in Teams
      • Trello: See: How To Format Your Text in Trello

    Usage (3)

    Usage (4)

    • Online community platforms:
      • Discord: See: Markdown Text 101 (Chat Formatting: Bold, Italic, Underline)
      • Reddit: See: https://www.reddit.com/wiki/markdown/
      • Stack Overflow: See: How do I format my posts using Markdown or HTML?

    Usage (5)

    Usage (6)

    Usage (7)

    Usage (8)

    • Data science tools:
      • Project Jupyter: See: Markdown Cells

    Usage (9)

    History (1)

    • Markdown was developed in 2004 by John Gruber with contributions from Aaron Swartz.
    • It was created as a plain text format for writing structured documents.
    • A Perl script converted Markdown to HTML (Markdown.pl).
    • Website: https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/

    History (2)

    File Properties

    Syntactic Ambiguities (1)

    • See CommonMark Spec for a full list of syntactic ambiguities.

    • Why a spec is needed.

    • A method to address ambiguity is to examine Gruber's implementation (Markdown.pl)

    • Unfortunately, it was quite buggy.

    Syntactic Ambiguities (2)

    Standardization

    Variants

    • GitHub-flavored Markdown (GFM)
      • See: GitHub Flavored Markdown Spec
    • Pandoc's Markdown
      • See: Pandoc User's Guide – Pandoc's Markdown
    • Markdown Variants (IANA)

    Coding Style

    • See: Markdown style guide (Google)

    Tutorials

    Editors (1)

    Editors (2)

    Editors (3)

    Editors (4)

    Conversion Tools

    • Pandoc: (platform: Linux, macOS, Windows; license: GPLv2) https://pandoc.org/ https://github.com/jgm/pandoc

    • A command-line tool written in Haskell to convert files from one markup format to another.

    • Supports Markdown as both source and target formats.

    Pandoc (1)

    Pandoc (2)

    • Styling HTML output with CSS:
    • The -c/--css command-line option associates a custom CSS stylesheet with the output HTML document.
    • This option can be reused.

    Pandoc (3)

    Pandoc (4)

    Mermaid (1)

    Mermaid (2)

    • Supported diagram types: flowchart, sequence, class, state, ER, user journey, Gantt, pie chart, requirement (SysML), Git graph,
    • Supported output formats: PDF, PNG, SVG
    • Mermaid diagrams can be embedded in Markdown documents.

    Mermaid (3)

    Mermaid (4)

    • Example: Engineering flowchart
    flowchart TD
A{Does it move?}
A -->|No| B{Should it?}
A -->|Yes| C{Should it?}
B -->|No| D[No problem]
B -->|Yes| E[WD-40]
C -->|Yes| F [No problem]
C -->|No| G[Duct tape]

    Mermaid (5)

    • Diagram representation of the flowchart example: (Image of the flowchart, see the original document)

    Mermaid (6)

    • Embedding diagrams in Markdown documents (GitHub, Pandoc):
    ## Mermaid diagram
    • Pandoc requires the --filter mermaid-filter command-line option.

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