Markdown. What are inline and reference style links?

Question

I've been using markdown recently and there is one thing I just can't understand: what is the difference between inline and reference style links? I've looked into some guides, but they only show the syntax for each.

So why or when should I use one style over the other?

Answer 1

The point of reference-style links is not that they’re easier to write. The point is that with reference-style links, your document source is vastly more readable.

https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#link