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# What is Hack MD?

> Best way to write and share your knowledge in Markdown

# What is Markdown?

> Markdown is a lightweight markup language with plain text formatting syntax. Its design allows it to be converted to many output formats...most commonly for this class is HTML.

e.g. a way to turn almost plain text into nicely formatted HTML.

# How will we use this in class

We will use this notepad throughout the term to
* Ask & answer questions as a class
* Share code, links and examples
* Discuss & provide solutions to challenge questions
* Create & curate lecture notes that will be added to our course webiste.

To keep our work secure to this class, you need a Hack.md account. I suggest using your campus email. There is a navigation pane (only seen in view mode) on the right to help find content.

## How to toggle views

Click the buttons in the top right to switch between editing and viewing :eyes: (or both!)

* In editing mode, on the left pane you see the Markdown code for this document.
* Different colors indicate different text formats.
* Multiple users can add text simultaneously (Like google docs)

## Your turn
Introduce yourself. Name, pronouns, hometown, and one emoji.
[[Emojipedia]](https://emojipedia.org/)

Hi, my name is Miguel Velazquez Campos (he/him)
I am from San Diego 🏖️. I am a stats major.

Hi, my name is Matthew Hernandez (he/him) I am from Los Angeles 🦤. I am a economics major with a minor in applied statistics.

Hello, my name is Jasmine Cisneros (she/her). I am from Hollister. I am a math education and statistics major.🦋

Yo, this is John-Paul Quiñones (He/Him). JP works. I was a government kid 🫡. So, I do not really have a hometown, but I am a Chico local and have been since the start of Highschool. I am a Math/Stats major.

Hi!! My name is Rachel Doering (She/Her). I am from San Jose. 🤖 I am an applied math major with a statistics minor.

Hi, my name is Othman Aldhafeeri (he/him). I am from kuwait🙃. I am a Math/stats major.