Madirod: complete Markdown Tutorial with Live Editor for the iPad

Markdown is a way to write content for the web. It’s written in what nerds like to call “plaintext,” which is exactly the sort of text you’re used to writing and seeing. Plaintext is just the regular alphabet, with a few familiar symbols, like asterisks ( * ) and backticks ( ` ).

Unlike cumbersome word processing applications, text written in Markdown can be easily shared between computers, mobile phones, and people. It’s quickly becoming the writing standard for academics, scientists, writers, and many more. Websites like GitHub and reddit use Markdown to style their comments.

Formatting text in Markdown has a very gentle learning curve. It doesn’t do anything fancy like change the font size, color, or type. All you have control over is the display of the text—stuff like making things bold, creating headers, and organizing lists.

If you have ten minutes for this app, you can learn Markdown! Designed with simplicity and elegance in mind, this app would blow your mind. It will help you learn and practice Markdown effortlessly.

* Markdown tutorial and cheat-sheet
* Markdown live previewer, turn your typing into the right format seamlessly

Madirod, an interactive way to learn Markdown