How to get started in writing a Rich Text Editor from scratch

Posted by saitamaPunch on Saturday February 04, 2023 @03:28AM
from the self-post dept.

I recently learned react and js.Want to work on a real project. I am thinking of trying to code a rich text editor from scratch like Google doc with limited functionalities. Not sure where to start. I couldn't find any pointers on google search.

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Re:How to get started in writing a Rich Text Editor from scr... by tomcam on Saturday February 04, 2023 @04:27AM (#34653077)

What’s wrong with looking at the code for ProseMirror, tinyMCE, etc.?

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Re:How to get started in writing a Rich Text Editor from scr... by dinkleberg on Saturday February 04, 2023 @08:49AM (#34654462)

Just saw this on Reddit: https://nytimes.github.io/oak-byo-react-prosemirror-redux/

Might be worth checking out.

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Re:How to get started in writing a Rich Text Editor from scr... by azatom on Saturday February 04, 2023 @11:23AM (#34655570)

Port Libreoffice to the web! :)

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Re:How to get started in writing a Rich Text Editor from scr... by OmkarBhede on Saturday February 04, 2023 @04:53PM (#34658771)

Try slatejs Or draftjs There is new one in town lexical but not sure about it.

Currently I have started working on project which heavily depends on slatejs.. if you want to work on it ping me on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/omkar-bhede-b82696183

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