Introduction of new Markdown section in Writing

writing/index.md

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+## Markdown
+
+\tldr{Markdown is also a good fit for literate programming, and Quarto is an alternative to notebooks.}
+
+[Markdown](https://www.markdownguide.org/) is a markup language used to add formatting elements to plaintext text files.
+
+### Plain Text Markdown
+Plain text markdown files, which have the `.md` extension, are not used for interactive programming, meaning one cannot run code written in the file.
+As a result, plain text markdown files are usually rendered into a final product by other software.
+
+This is an example of a plain text markdown file:
+
+````markdown
+# Title
+
+## Section Header
+
+This is example text.
+
+```julia
+println("hello world")
+```
+````
+
+### Quarto
+
+[Quarto](https://quarto.org/) "is an open-source scientific and technical publishing system."
+Quarto makes a plain text markdown file (`.md`) alternative called Quarto markdown file (`.qmd`).
+
+Quarto markdown files like plain text markdown files also integrate with editors, such as VSCode.
+
+\vscode{
+
+Install the Quarto [extension](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=quarto.quarto) for a streamlined experience.
+
+}
+
+Unlike plain text markdown files, Quarto markdown files have executable code chunks.
+These code chunks provide a functionality similar to notebooks, thus Quarto markdown files are an alternative to notebooks.
+Additionally, Quarto markdown files give users additional control over output and styling via the YAML header at the top of the `.qmd` file.
+
+As of Quarto version 1.5, users can choose from two Julia engines to execute code - a native Julia engine and IJulia.jl.
+The primary difference between the native Julia engine and IJulia.jl is that the native Julia engine does not depend on Python and can utilize local environments.
+For this reason it's recommended to start with the native Julia engine.
+Learn more about the native Julia engine in Quarto's [documentation](https://quarto.org/docs/blog/posts/2024-07-11-1.5-release/#native-julia-engine).
+
+Below is an example of a Quarto markdown file.
+
+````quarto
+---
+title: "My document"
+format:
+  # renders a HTML document
+  html:
+    # table of contents
+    toc: true
+execute:
+  # makes code chunks invisible in the output
+  # code output is still visible though
+  echo: false
+  # hides warnings in the output
+  warning: false
+# native julia engine
+engine: julia
+---
+
+# Title
+
+## Section Header
+
+Below is an executable code chunk.
+
+If this file were opened in an editor such as VSCode one could execute the `println("hello world")` Julia code and view the output, like in a notebook.
+
+```{{julia}}
+println("hello world")
+```
+````
+
 ## Environments
 
 \tldr{Activate a local environment for each project with `]activate path`. Its details are stored in `Project.toml` and `Manifest.toml`.}