A new piece of technology has hit
software developers across the nation. It's the Markdown language-- a
syntax language specifically designed to make software documentation
that much easier across multiple platforms. It could be embedded in email, html
code, wordpress, github, etc. It's still relevantly new to the scene
so support of all it's features is not available everywhere but soon
it will be. As more developers begin to use it will become even more
widely used in industry and independent developers will also pick it
up. An example are shown below of syntactically it looks and feels
along with the interesting capabilities one can introduce and play
around with. Basic idea is to ironically enough "markup" text that would other wise be plain or unappealing. The big benefit for developers is that this can make syntax highlighting in code a lot easier and reader friendly. The room for growth here is big even though the idea
itself is not that original the reason people are picking it up now
is for a variety of reasons. First the technology is much improved,
but more importantly syntax highlighting weather it be code or html
has become an important aspect of web development. Long gone are the
days of just text, images, and video people want to see much more
dynamically appeasing sites/documentation. Makes it easier to read
and can provide the “emphasis” that many technical writers crave
for.
Ghosh, Abhishek. "Markdown : Syntax and Editors." The Customize Windows. Web. 16 May 2014.
"Adam-p/markdown-here." GitHub. Web. 16 May 2014.
