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Markdown vs Lucee: What are the differences?

Markdown: Text-to-HTML conversion tool/syntax for web writers, by John Gruber. Markdown is two things: (1) a plain text formatting syntax; and (2) a software tool, written in Perl, that converts the plain text formatting to HTML; Lucee: Light-weight dynamic CFML scripting language with a solid foundation. It is a light-weight dynamic CFML scripting language for the JVM that enables the rapid development of simple to highly sophisticated web applications.

Markdown and Lucee can be categorized as "Languages" tools.

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Pros of Lucee
Pros of Markdown
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    Interoperable with Java
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    Easy formatting
  • 246
    Widely adopted
  • 194
    Intuitive
  • 132
    Github integration
  • 41
    Great for note taking
  • 2
    Defacto GitHub lingo

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Cons of Lucee
Cons of Markdown
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    Weak type system
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    Cannot centralise (HTML code needed)
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    Inconsistend flavours eg github, reddit, mmd etc
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    Limited syntax
  • 1
    Not suitable for longer documents
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    Non-extensible
  • 1
    No right indentation
  • 1
    No underline
  • 1
    Unable to indent tables

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What is Lucee?

It is a light-weight dynamic CFML scripting language for the JVM that enables the rapid development of simple to highly sophisticated web applications.

What is Markdown?

Markdown is two things: (1) a plain text formatting syntax; and (2) a software tool, written in Perl, that converts the plain text formatting to HTML.

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What are some alternatives to Lucee and Markdown?
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PHP
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JavaScript
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Python
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HTML5
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