We rewrote The New York Times' text editing library. Then we open sourced it (smoores.dev) 3 points by hysan 1y ago ↗ HN
[–] hysan 1y ago ↗ The original title was too long: “ We rewrote The New York Times’ text editing library. Then we open sourced it. Then we rewrote it again.”Quick summary:- The original NYT library is this one: https://github.com/nytimes/react-prosemirror- This is the author’s rewrite: https://github.com/handlewithcarecollective/react-prosemirro...- They rewrote ProseMirror’s renderer in React instead of having a layer sit between the two.- The author answered questions over on Reddit and had good insight into how their rewrite compares to other ProseMirror based libraries: https://old.reddit.com/r/reactjs/comments/1ij7lmb/why_i_rebu...
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 9.8 ms ] threadQuick summary:
- The original NYT library is this one: https://github.com/nytimes/react-prosemirror
- This is the author’s rewrite: https://github.com/handlewithcarecollective/react-prosemirro...
- They rewrote ProseMirror’s renderer in React instead of having a layer sit between the two.
- The author answered questions over on Reddit and had good insight into how their rewrite compares to other ProseMirror based libraries: https://old.reddit.com/r/reactjs/comments/1ij7lmb/why_i_rebu...