Markdown Kitchen Sink

This post exists purely to check that every common Markdown feature renders correctly on this blog. It has bold text, italic text, strikethrough, and inline code.

Headings

A level-three heading

A level-four heading

Lists

Unordered, with nesting:

• First item
• Second item
  • Nested item A
  • Nested item B
• Third item

Ordered:

1. Set up the project
2. Write the content
3. Ship it

Task list:

• Write test post
• Add random images
• Convince myself GFM tables work

Blockquote

Premature optimization is the root of all evil. — Donald Knuth

Code blocks

Inline const x = 42 looks fine, and fenced blocks should get syntax highlighting:

function greet(name) {
	return `Hello, ${name}!`;
}

console.log(greet("world"));

def fib(n):
    a, b = 0, 1
    for _ in range(n):
        a, b = b, a + b
    return a

A table

Language	Typed	Year
JavaScript	No	1995
TypeScript	Yes	2012
Rust	Yes	2010
Python	Dynamic	1991

Links and images

Here’s a link to Astro’s docs.

A random placeholder image:

A “graph” — a quick bar chart rendered as an image via QuickChart:

Horizontal rule

Below is a horizontal rule.

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That’s it — if headings, lists, tables, code blocks, blockquotes, links, and images all look right above, Markdown rendering is working end to end.