Let’s Build a Fast, Slick and Customizable Rich Text Editor With Slate.js and React

What Is a Rich Text Editor?

A rich text editor’s aim is to reduce the effort for users trying to express their formatting as valid HTML markup. A rich text editor gives users the option to format their text.

Everyone has used a rich text editor at some point. So why not build one? Here are some of the most used rich text editors.

• Reddit, YouTube, and Hacker News comments.

Reddit comments section

• Online editors for producing content — writing blogs, tutorials, news, etc.

Medium

• Twitter tweets, mentions, hashtags, polls, lists, etc.

• Editing documents and excel sheets, like Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Dropbox Paper.

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