Markdown syntax is the future

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.