Using CodeMirror to Build a JavaScript Editor with Linting and AutoComplete

React Day Berlin

React Day Berlin 2022

Kahvi Patel

Using a library might seem easy at first glance, but how do you choose the right library? How do you upgrade an existing one? And how do you wade through the documentation to find what you want? In this workshop, we’ll discuss all these finer points while going through a general example of building a code editor using CodeMirror in React. All while sharing some of the nuances our team learned about using this library and some problems we encountered.