Jake Worth

Link to Headers in GitHub READMEs (opens in new tab)

Anytime you add a header to a markdown file, GitHub attaches an href with its downcased name. ‘JavaScript’ receives a link to #javascript, for instance. Leverage this by adding a table of contents to your README with links to the headers further down the document: ### Table of Contents - Cucumber This will link to a header containing ‘Cucumber’. h/t Josh Branchaud

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